Climategate

How to destroy your reputation in three easy steps

Here’s something different. Reputation Reports has penned an article called, “IPCC: Inglorious Basterds” and it uses the IPCC as an example of how an organization can destroy its reputation.

If the emails and press reports are to be believed, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggests an interesting study of how to destroy one’s reputation in three easy steps. This is how the strategy appears to unfold

1. First, disparage and intimidate non-believers (as if what you do were a religion). Claim “voodoo science” of anyone who disputes your hypotheses. Oh sorry, that’s right, despite being scientists, do away with old fashioned hypotheses and just make statements of fact without research, without peer review. (Now that’s standard procedure in PR, but hardly the realm of science.)
2. Don’t forget to lie. Falsify the results of tests to support your statements, irrespective of the science. Conspire with cronies to hide the facts, to build upon the lie.
3. Do it consistently over a period of time to ensure your message and only your message gets through. Brook no dissension in the ranks.

Sounds like the IPCC to us. Read the rest of their article at Reputation Reports.

Possibly related posts:

1. BREAKING! Penn State finds Michael Mann innocent of suppressing or falsifying data
2. Two U.S. Congressmen go after EPA on reliance on UN’s climate panel
3. Save yourself! Andrew Weaver looks for a way out
4. Climategate lands on WSJ’s front page
5. The Weekly Standard weighs in on Climategate,
   and wins the prize for Best Al Gore Cover

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