Those accusations seem of a dramatically more minor and unrelated nature and don’t update me much at all that allegations of mistreatment of employees are more likely.
I largely agree with Ruby here, but wanted to note one comment, where one justification for “violating ” (this word seems too strong) this norm was “a descendant of Truman would have to actually learn of this prize”. If the research eventually done happened prior to the announcement, I think there would not be any meaningful update for me. OTOH, if this justification was a reason to not have done this research, and if it was applied more generally and not just for the naming of the prize, it would make me more suspicious that the allegations leveled against them are plausible, and it fits the “ends justify the means”-type reasoning that the OP refers to.
Those accusations seem of a dramatically more minor and unrelated nature and don’t update me much at all that allegations of mistreatment of employees are more likely.
Also, the naming was completely on me, not them, as I explained in another comment.
I largely agree with Ruby here, but wanted to note one comment, where one justification for “violating ” (this word seems too strong) this norm was “a descendant of Truman would have to actually learn of this prize”. If the research eventually done happened prior to the announcement, I think there would not be any meaningful update for me. OTOH, if this justification was a reason to not have done this research, and if it was applied more generally and not just for the naming of the prize, it would make me more suspicious that the allegations leveled against them are plausible, and it fits the “ends justify the means”-type reasoning that the OP refers to.