At 02:07 PM 1/14/2003, EAKIN MARK E wrote:
A software publisher sent me a stat package that teaches and grades
students.
what do you mean by grades? you input criteria and, then it categorizes students accordingly?

 He also sent copies that my students could use for free for one
 semester. This is okay. However he offered to pay me if I would require
my class to use the software
it's ok to require the use of some software ... i do this with minitab in my courses

and if I would sent an anonymous list of
their grades and their scores from the use of software to him.
you don't have a right to pass along student grades ... even if anonymous ... these are not your grades ...

 After
asking several faculty here, they reaffirmed my belief that acceptance
of this payment would be unethical if not illegal at my university. Soon I
am going to send a letter to the publisher indicating my conerns. However I
was curious to see if people on the list feel this is as unethical as I feel
it is.

Mark Eakin
Associate Professor
Information Systems and Management Sciences Department
University of Texas at Arlington
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