EAKIN MARK E said on 1/14/03 12:07 PM: >A software publisher sent me a stat package that teaches and grades >students. 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 and if I would sent an anonymous list of >their grades and their scores from the use of software to him. 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 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] or >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
It is, IMO, unethical. I've found some in the public, even well educated public who have worked in academia, a belief that professors routinely take such kickbacks, that this is an integral part of higher education. Paul . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
