How Penn State and the Catholic Church Covered Up Sexual Abuse and What We Can Do to Stop It

Institutions always lean toward self-preservation. When a member of an institution has done something wrong, the instinct of other members within that institution is to sweep it under the proverbial rug as quickly as possible. When the institution is at risk, every member feels at risk. And when the institution in question is opaque and hierarchical, that risk only becomes greater.

So we see sexual abuse scandals in both the Penn State case and the Catholic Church that are frighteningly similar

Click on the following to read all of this Forbes story:  http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/11/07/how-penn-state-and-the-catholic-church-covered-up-sexual-abuse-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it/