SHARED GOVERNANCE IN THE COB
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(October 19, 2006) What was a “Black Tuesday” Proxy Worth? A Look at Circumstances Suggesting a Potential Vote-for-Benefits Arrangement "In the course of their investigations into the spring 2007 EFIB teaching loads, investigators have put together a cases that suggests there may have been a vote-trading arrangement in the EFIB regarding the now infamous “Black Tuesday” EFIB governance re-vote. In carrying the day on 19 September 2006, George Carter needed every bit of the help that CoB Associate Dean Farhang Niroomand’s vote, and those of the two proxies that Niroomand held that day from Weihua Shi (visiting assistant professor of economics) and Farooq Malik (assistant professor of economics). As USMPRIDE.COM readers are aware, the Chair-only governance option (III) won by an 11 to 8 decision, with Niroomand casting three votes himself. USMPRIDE.COM readers will also recall that Carter’s announcement of the meeting, via e-mail and memo, failed to mention anything about a vote being taken at that (then upcoming) meeting. Yet, Niroomand sought the two proxies from the USMGC campus...".
(October 20, 2006) Special Report What is Carter’s Attack on Dissenters Costing the CoB? An Investigative Series on the use of the CoB’s Budget "This Special Report examines some of the extraordinary moves being made by EFIB Chair George Carter to suppress dissent in his department and in the College of Business. As usmpride.com has reported, Carter orchestrated the “Black Tuesday” re-vote in the EFIB (19 Sept 2006) that resulted in a duly constituted 3-faculty governance committee being disbanded (see “Black Tuesday” page at usmpride.com). Finance professor James Lindley and accounting professor Marc DePree have filed an official University Grievance regarding the “Black Tuesday” situation. New evidence pouring into usmpride.com indicates that Carter is now orchestrating a campaign of retaliation and harassment directed at those who spoke out against the Black Tuesday coup...".
(January 25, 2007) George Carter to the Untenured: "Vote for Option III" Near the end of the 19 September 2006 "Black Tuesday" faculty governance re-vote meeting in the EFIB, Chairman George Carter put the options facing the faculty on the table. A rhetorical question was then asked by finance professor Tom Lindley. Carter did not waste the opportunity to answer that rhetorical question from Lindley. In doing so, Carter was effectively telling the EFIB's 10 untenured professors how to vote. Here is that dialogue:
(April 23, 2007) Special Report Shared Governance, Carter Style An Investigative Series on the Use of the CoB for Personal Gain
It what sources tell usmnews.net came out of nowhere, the following e-mail was distributed to EFIB faculty by EFIB Chair George Carter on 17 April 2007:
(July 10, 2007) AACSB Update #2 Our AACSB Update from 10-July-2007 has sparked interest in USMNEWS.NET readers. That report indicated that the CoB will be voting on new P&T requirements at the beginning of fall semester 2007. As sources indicated to our reporters, very little, if any, faculty input went into the process of developing the new P&T policies.