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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.