Note that the dean of the South Florida St. Petersburg business school
has recently resigned, apparently under pressure. He was active in
emphasizing corporate social responsibility.
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v52/i11/11a00901.htm
http://tinyurl.com/8675f
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
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>
L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Barnett, Michael
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:36 PM
> To:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Pinstripes
>
> Hi Joe. Yet another example of the problems with measurement! That's
the
> St. Pete campus that was top small school. USF has 4 campuses
(campi?),
> or more correct, had 4 campuses. The St. Pete campus recently became
(or
> is becoming) fully independent. Tampa, where I'm at, is the main
campus,
> and has about 33,000 of those 42,000 students I think. Bottom line:
St.
> Pete is a small school. I certainly don't fault you for falling into
that
> trap, since we try to trick you every step of the way -- USF
(University
> of South Florida) isn't really even in the south of Florida!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
> [mailto:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Joseph Sarkis
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:33 PM
> To:
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> Subject: Re: Pinstripes
>
>
> Mike,
>
> I noticed that your school was top small school in Pinstripes. When I
go
> to
> its website, I see it has 42,000 students overall.
>
> -Joe S.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU] On Behalf Of Barnett, Michael
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 2:10 PM
> To:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Re: Pinstripes
>
> I'll bite, even though I know this discussion is getting off target.
I
> didn't get out on the right, or left, side of the bed today.
>
> There's no problem with striving, even competing to improve.
Competition
> can be a good thing. It only becomes unhealthy when those striving to
do
> better try to do so through deception or destruction.
>
> The argument should be about whether or not these Pinstripe measures
can
> discern betterment from deception or destruction. I would hope my
school
> or
> any other would act on any competitive urge to do better at infusing
the
> values of sustainable development. My fear, of course, is that
they'll
> always go with the low hanging fruit or symbolic efforts. Thus, we
should
> seek measures that embrace competition, but the right kind of
competition
> --
> a race to the top, not the bottom.
>
> Best,
> Mike
>
> *********************************************
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> Department of Management, BSN 3527
> College of Business Administration
> University of South Florida
> 4202 E. Fowler Avenue
> Tampa, FL 33620
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Organizations and the Natural Environment Discussion
> [mailto:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU]On Behalf Of Mike Toffel
> Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 1:56 PM
> To:
ONE-L@AOMLISTS.PACE.EDU
> Subject: Pinstripes
>
>
> Andy Hoffman just pointed out the potential contradiction between the
> inclusiveness/cooperativeness of sustainable development and the
notion of
> educational programs competing to be the best at infusing these
values.
>
> I agree. I see an even more egregious contradiction between (a) the
> importance of transparency many incorporate in the notion of
> sustainability,
> and (b) the quite limited transparency about the Pinstripe methodology
> used
> to assess educational institutions and faculty pioneers.
>
>
> Mike Toffel
> Haas School of Business
> University of California
> 545 Student Services Bldg #1900
> Berkeley, CA 94720-1900
> Office: (510) 642-9949
> Cell: (510) 847-8160
> Email:
toffel@haas.berkeley.edu
>
http://faculty.haas.berkeley.edu/toffel/
>
>