This is a nice article about how fiat lies in a corporate setting destroy corporate careers. The same is true in other 'non-capitalistic' organizations like academics, governments, and other 'non-profits.' "Reputation" is the target of fiat lies and there is a known result and a known fix based in the science of lies.
The fix is people should be able to defend themselves against the liars with dialogue in the presence of the decision makers. That is easier said than done. Sometimes you just give up and let your reputation be destroyed because it is impossible to move faster than your detractors.
It is a sign of management when they do not know what to do after hearing something, or reading something, apparently bad.
The science says the only way to fix this is "enforced moderated dialogue". Management can bring all three.
The Internet Court of Lies provides a way that some lies that you know about that upset you can get a hearing among people who do not otherwise know you. In a corporate/organizational setting, it provides a way that claimed lies can have a hearing among other corporate/organization people on a confidential basis to inform management.
liecourt.com is just beginning, but it is needed to give people a chance to expose lies without necessarily blaming individuals -- which is impossible many times.
liecourt has a public part which is free but can also run within organizations even thought the method including the eight questions for any verdict apply to all situations. Public or private networks of people.
Tim makes a good case for why reputational lies must be addressed for organizations to flourish. There is a way that managers can be easily provided the tools to enable the enforced moderated dialogue needed to reduce reputational risk from the lies of other people.
