Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #apologygate
Most recents (1)
1/ Ok. In light of @ABCTNOW #apologygate, I’m going to try to help with #scicomm on a paper that informs my rubric of how to apologize. (#science). This paper breaks apology components into 6 bits. Two seem most effective, but overall *more is better* onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…
2/ First, acknowledge what you *did* wrong (i.e., take responsibility). If what you want to discuss is people’s feelings or reactions, you’re not sorry about what you did, you’re sorry about its aftermath. Literally, own up to what YOU did in concrete terms.
3/ Second, offer some potential for repair. This is not, NOT, not an invitation to mention some other good thing you did in the past that invalidates your bad behavior or sort of makes up for it. Offer a *new* thing you can do to repair the damage and rebuild trust. 
