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People don't often categorize secrets in daily life. To the average person, a secret is just information you shouldn’t share. Such a description is practical. It helps people navigate keeping secrets. But it makes it tough to explain exactly why people sometimes share secrets anyway. Psychologists Michael Slepian and Alex Koch set out to answer that question. Through extensive research, they grouped secrets into common categories and later found that each secret can be described in three dimensions: immorality, connectedness, and insight.
Immorality describes how the secret holder views the ethics of the behavior contained within the secret. Examples of withheld information that are high on the immorality dimension include harming others, theft, or other acts the secret holder deems illegal or unethical. Keeping such secrets can often evoke negative emotions, like shame. These emotions are usually the main motivators for the secret holder to keep the secret.
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Then why TF do we keep selling off our public institutions (or letting them get sold off)? Are we all just simps for capital, PE and billionaires? Have we no fight left in us? Are we too as bad as all the products these days?
Secrets on the connectedness dimension hold parts of a person’s most intimate relationships. Great examples include romantic desires and intimate, personal behaviors. Secret holders usually keep these secrets for privacy and respect for the other people involved, among other reasons.
The insight dimension includes secrets tied to professional circumstances. They are pieces of confidential information, like software source code, client lists, and company business strategies. The most common motivators for keeping these secrets are signed documents that require employees to keep insider information private, like NDAs. Keeping such secrets can also create positive associations, like feeling highly qualified.
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At my airline, we would have a mandatory period of silence during that time on the seat where we can't talk and would be seated in a way that minimize impact to us and to get out of our seats as quickly as possible.
During that time we would be re-enacting the evac procedures and door operations in our minds so when the crash actually happens, we would react automatically as a second nature.
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The three dimensions describe secrets in tandem. A secret doesn’t have to belong to just one of the three boxes. Infidelity, for example, would be high on both the immorality and connectedness dimensions. Such secrets overlap in motivations too, and the hardest to keep are those tied to the immorality dimension. The shame of withholding something immoral causes guilt and pushes people to spill the secret.
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Secrets that are high on the immorality and insight dimensions are problematic. Unethical or illegal practices an insider employee knows about can cause guilt, but signed documents might require them to keep the information confidential. It’s an internal fight between morality and professionalism. In such cases, people often look for ways to reduce the pressure. They might try to uncover the information anonymously or through formal insider-whistleblowing channels.
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Companies benefit more from internal rather than external whistleblowing. When employees use internal communication channels to report unethical or illegal issues at work, the company can address the problem before its reputation is harmed. If handled properly, it can also build trust and loyalty between employer and employee.
Dawid Mrowiec wrote a systematic review paper, studying what influences and promotes internal whistleblowing. Among the top influential values are the company’s displayed ethical values and leadership. Whistleblowers are more likely to use internal channels if they trust the values the company and its leaders display.
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Had someone call before they had an ingrown toe nail for the past month. Someone wanted a pregnancy test (we dont do that). A ride back (that they didnt want us to bill them for) to the hospital because they forgot their hat there. A bug bite on a toe. They heard the sirens down the street for a neighbor so they thought that they should call just in case they also needed medical care. A man called 911 to have us call his cell phone company and force them to reinstate his cell service in case he needed to call 911. MANY people will be at their Dr appt and be told to go to the ER; they will drive past the hospital to their house to call 911, to go to that hospital they had passed.
On a very regular basis, your city or country might have only 1 avaliable ambulance.
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Editing to add: this happened the most in corporate daycares, the most common a***e was threatening the children (usually with violence). I live in Florida so there are gators here. There was one living in the retention pond behind the daycare. It hadn’t been removed/relocated yet. I heard a teacher threaten a 4 year old child that she was “going to take him out back and feed him to the gator.”
Edit 2: The a***e and neglect from both teachers and parents is the main reason that I left the industry. Participating as a witness in CPS cases was not what I signed up for. Neither was the blatant a***e that was being allowed within the school. It was a soul crushing job. I quit in 2019 and I was making $9.25 (to handle human waste every day) an hour, 40 hours a week. There are almost no real qualifications needed besides not being a recorded criminal.
I promise, last one, edit 3:
F**K LA PETITE.
Other factors that promote internal whistleblowing include policies, procedures, and safeguards that don’t discourage or penalize reporters. They help gauge risk and reduce stress. Reward systems may also encourage employees to report problems internally. Communication around such procedures is also important. Educational meetings and training encourage employees and help them feel more confident when making reports. Setting up official reporting channels also makes the procedure easier for employees, reducing reluctance.
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