The Whistleblower Problem
Let me describe a situation that occurs with depressing regularity. A person working within an institution discovers that the institution is doing something wrong. Not a matter of opinion – something demonstrably illegal, or dangerous, or both. The person reports it through internal channels. The internal channels do not function. The person escalates. The escalation is blocked. The person, having exhausted every avenue the institution provides, goes public.
And the institution destroys them.