VER-XV-0041
“I saw something deeply wrong at work and I'm tempted to pretend I didn't.”
You could un-see it — keep your head down, your hands clean by inaction, and let it run. But you did see it, and looking away is its own choice with its own cost. Eyes open doesn't only mean noticing; it means not unseeing what noticing revealed. Decide what's yours to do here, clearly, before the comfort of denial closes your eyes for you.
Your Practice
- Write down exactly what you witnessed, with facts and dates, while it's clear. Make a record.
- Name who is harmed and what continues if you say nothing. Make the cost of silence concrete.
- Find the real channel — internal, legal, external — and the actual risk of using it. Eyes open on both.
- Decide what's yours to do and do that. You may not fix it all; you can refuse to be complicit.