ARTICLES CONCERNING
MISCELLANEOUS ISSUES AND THOUGHTS
For more articles and editorials concerning miscellaneous issues and thoughts, please click here.
(September 6, 2006) 31st & Pearl Why You Chose Academia "Note to all of the new hires: think about why you got into
academics. Was it for the fulfillment that comes from scholarship and teaching? Or, was it for enrichment and treasures? It’s
hard to imagine, given where most of you studied, that it was the latter. Assuming that it was for the fulfillment that comes
from scholarship and teaching, then pay no attention to those who “manage” the CoB. The current group of administrators in
the CoB makes one decision after another with one goal in mind – money, for themselves and their friends and associates.
Live financially conservatively, maintain your freedom, and follow your path."
(October 19, 2006) Is the CoB a Smaller Version of Wal-Mart? "Usmpride.com researchers have identified striking similarities
between retail giant Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. and the University of Southern Mississippi’s College of Business. In the following
report, we outline the similarities between he two...".
(December 15, 2006) (updated December 19, 2006) Ethics Update A recent poll conducted by Playboy magazine indicates that
56% of MBA students, 45% of law students, 39% of graduate social science/humanities students, and 49% of graduate
medical/health care students plagiarize or cheat in their academic work.
(January 4, 2007) Sin or Sinner? The CoB has a longstanding tradition that those in charge like to punish not the sin, but some
of the sinners; the rationale is if the “sin” (wrongdoing) itself is punished, then eventually (if not constantly) one of the favored
“sinners” (administrators or a toady of one of them) would have to be punished. That would certainly never do. The way to
evade that outcome is to look not to what was done, but who did it. This approach is highly effective at rewarding “us” and
punishing “them”, assuming you have no problems with legalities, ethics, or morals.
(January 9, 2007) 31st & Pearl Welcome Aboard More and more CoB (and other USM) students are discovering usmpride.com
every day. As future alumni of the CoB, you are most welcome. Take some time and read through some of the reports
available here. It’s important for you to know where your tuition and tax dollars go.