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October 1 - October 31, 2015
October 1, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 4 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2 or
Part 3, they're reported below.] Ms. Patty Polk Munn is an instructor
of accounting at USM for decades, and a student at USM for many
years before that. She creates gossip, acts on gossip, and passes on
gossip as if it is The Truth. This is verified in her deposition and is
reported below in her own words.
October 2, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 5 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, or Part 4 they're reported below.] Mary Morgan Anderson I
had no idea before Mary Morgan Anderson's deposition that she was
so offended by the notes on my office door that she tore them down.
The notes were non-confidential documents USM staff members
and employees had given to me that showed cost management of
state funds by USM administrators.
October 5, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 6 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4 or Part 5 they're reported below.] Charles Jordan
Charles Jordan, like the others, has a special personal reason for
joining the mobbing. And his reasons, like the others' reasons, had
nothing to do with a "Virginia Tech danger." It had everything to do
with silencing me.
October 6, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 7 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 or Part 6 they're reported below.] Gwendolyn
Ann Pate is currently Director of School of Accountancy. After
reading her deposition, I bet you'll wonder whether she is stable or
competent enough to hold a leadership position. Her testimony
reveals that if she believes someone at USM is a "Virginia Tech
danger," she has no responsibility to seek law enforcement help.
October 7, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 8 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 or Part 7 they're reported below.] After
reading Posey's deposition, I bet you'll conclude that he has no idea
what he's talking about. Roderick Burl Posey-Even Ordained
Ministers Lie... Rod Posey may seem an odd participant in a group of
mobbers. He is widely known as a minister, a man of God. Yet here
he is. Why should he be a mobber?
October 8, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 9 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 or Part 8 they're reported below.]
Is Mr. Jackson someone you want teaching your children or making
decisions about their futures? Read his own words in the following
sworn deposition and decide for yourself. Steve Jackson Steven
Jackson, at the date of his deposition, was an untenured associate
professor and Interim Director of the School of Accountancy, College
of Business, USM.
October 9, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 10 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, or Part 9 they're reported
below.] Mr. Williams, do you advise your students that plagiarism is
acceptable behavior as long as the student gets permission from the
person s/he plagiarizes, e.g., another student? Let me propose your
offer that advice in public to your academic peers throughout the
country. Try it. I bet they'll consider you an idiot.
October 12, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 11 We continue a series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, or Part 10 they're
reported below.] Martha Saunders, former president of University of
Southern Mississippi Martha Saunders, [currently provost at
University of West Florida] like the other mobbers, has a special
personal reason for joining the mobbing. This seems to be her
modus operandi -- to curry favor early in her leadership positions.
October 14, 2015
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Part 12 We conclude this series taken from
"Virginia Tech Danger!" Echoes of Mississippi Supremacists at the
University of Southern Mississippi by Chauncey M. DePree, Jr.,
DBA, a longtime professor at USM. [If you've missed Part 1, Part 2,
Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, or Part 11
they're reported below.] Conclusion We should consider mobbing
behavior in a larger context. What in our environment makes this
kind of expensive mobbing possible? Let me offer a few ideas.
Sovereign immunity gave carte blanche to Saunders to embark on a
very expensive and incompetent mobbing.
October 15, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 1 Today, we begin a
series recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, Ethics, Power
and Academic Corruption should be required reading.". The first
installment follows.
October 16, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 2 Today, we begin a
series recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, Ethics, Power
and Academic Corruption should be required reading.". (See, the
first installment here.) AACSB AFFIRMS PLAGIARIZING OTHER
MEMBERS' DOCUMENTS Introduction During preparations for
reaccreditation, a colleague noticed that our College Accreditation
Committee represented other Colleges' documents as their own. He
consulted several faculty including this researcher. We advised
then-Dean Harold Doty and the Committee that the documents were
without attribution.
October 19, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 3 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first and second installment here.)
Is Accreditation a Reliable Authority on Academic Quality? Judith S.
Eaton, President of the Council of Higher Education Accreditation, in
"An Overview of U.S. Accreditation" (2006), claims that accreditation
signals "a reliable authority on academic quality."
October 20, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 4 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first , second and third
installments here.) ... Observations reported hereinafter were guided
by scientific norms advanced by Argyris, Putnam and Smith (1985),
and Cooper and Morgan (2008). They include a testable hypothesis,
explicit inference, sufficient evidence, and alternative perspectives.
Since an explicit form of inference structures the testable hypothesis
and organizes alternative perspectives and evidence, they are
presented next in Hypothesis and Explicit Inference.
October 21, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 5 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first , second, third and fourth
installments here.) What Is Plagiarism? The questionable document
[a colleague found] was titled "Guidelines for Participating and
Supporting Faculty" ("Guidelines"). It had been copied from HCBA's
reaccreditation submission to the AACSB. But, was it an instance of
plagiarism?
October 22, 2015
CAUTION: Watch Your Back We'll take a day off from the series,
Ethics, Power, and Academic Corruption to report on a recent visitor,
Association De Gestion Ecole Centrale Delectroniqu, Paris,
Ile-de-france, France. The visitor was interested in Sami Dakhlia, a
one-time faculty member at the University of Southern Mississippi.
October 26, 2015
We'll take a day off from the series, Ethics, Power, and Academic
Corruption to respond to a question from a reader. USM's Provost
Search USM is searching for a new provost. A reader sent the
following email: "Dear USM News: USM is in the middle of an
intense search for a new Provost. Have you reviewed the credentials
of the three candidates on the Provost web site? Do you have any
opinions on which of these fine men is the one to help end the
troubles at USM? We await your comments with anticipation. Name
withheld by request
October 28, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 6 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first , second, third, fourth and
fifth installments here.) Ombudsman, Vice President for Research,
EEOC, Provost, President, et al. Responding to the requirement in
USM's Faculty Handbook, colleagues provided the copied document,
and the document from which it was copied, to USM's Ombudsman.
The Ombudsman, John Harsh, though verbally stating that the
copied document was "troubling," subsequently sent the following
email:
October 29, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 7 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first , second, third, fourth, fifth
and sixth installments here.) The College Expert In an email,
colleagues asked for advice of Marketing Professor Laurie Babin
who had schooled faculty on detecting student plagiarism and
chaired the committee tasked with writing the College's Academic
Integrity Policy to be submitted to the AACSB in compliance with
maintenance of accreditation: "If our recollection is accurate, you
were involved in the College of Business's development of the
Academic Integrity Policy. You were especially concerned with
plagiarism. What should you do when you learn of evidence of
faculty plagiarism?"
October 30, 2015
Ethics, Power and Academic Corruption, part 8 We continue a series
recounting what a number of readers have characterized as
misconduct and stupidity of past and current University of Southern
Mississippi faculty and administrators. The facts underlying these
conclusions have been fully documented. When one reader
suggested this series, he opined "before someone comes to Southern
Miss as a student or puts a career on the line as faculty, "Ethics,
Power and Academic Corruption" should be required reading." The
third installment follows. (See, the first , second, third, fourth, fifth,
sixth and seventh installments here.) The AACSB: Evidence and
Alternative Perspectives The test proposition in the form of a
question is, Does AACSB comply with, and persuades its members
to comply with, its standards and advice? How does AACSB actually
conduct its accreditation audit when challenged with evidence of
misconduct? The hypothesis and question are relevant today in that
the AACSB has been and is still fully informed of the continuing
plagiarism at COB USM during reaccreditation audits.