Timeline for Handling possibly unethical disclosures in letter of recommendation
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| Feb 14, 2021 at 18:48 | comment | added | user0721090601 | @Buffy For a situation like this one, where you don't know if it's intended to be helpful or not, I'd air on the side of helpful. "This is someone who works extremely hard and make stuff happen and be successful even with a 5/5/3 teaching load, advising half the department, doing community outreach, all while meeting your insane two articles a year plus a monograph requirements to make tenure". | |
| Feb 13, 2021 at 14:48 | comment | added | Zach H | In the actual case that inspired this question, I think they were trying to be helpful but were unwittingly sabotaging the applicant, which is what distressed me about the situation. If I knew the letter writer personally, I'd reach out and ask whether they had considered the negative implications of their disclosure, but that seems risky with a stranger. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 21:16 | comment | added | Buffy | I can't tell, from the information given, whether the letter writer was being helpful or trying to sabotage the candidate. This seems the only reasonable solution, though un-seeing isn't really possible. | |
| Feb 12, 2021 at 20:01 | history | answered | Ethan Bolker | CC BY-SA 4.0 |