*From the point of view of a full professor
PRIDE
at the College of Business at the University of Southern Mississippi*
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Our core mission reflects taking PRIDE in all we do - Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Discipline, Excellence
Can you really imagine a better structure behind which to conceal using resources for anything you want? You exclusively hire public employees to operate an organization, but define everything that organization does as confidential, not subject to public open records act.
Certainly, the Foundation does some good in awarding some scholarships and research funds. However, how much of that money is shuffled off to an adminstrator's "booze account" to be used pretty much any way he or she wants? How many adminstrators are secure in the belief that the University and the Foundation have created a structure for which there is no accountability?
If USM administrators were proud of their efficient and effective use of Foundation resources, they would scream about it in detail for all to hear and see. However, boose accounts are expenditures to be hidden by its beneficiaries. Secrecy, in the guise of confidentiality, is the handmaiden of deception and misconduct.
Let USM administrators prove me wrong. I'm more than willing to review their records in detail, accompanied by my USM colleagues. Why not?
Certainly, the Foundation does some good in awarding some scholarships and research funds. However, how much of that money is shuffled off to an adminstrator's "booze account" to be used pretty much any way he or she wants? How many adminstrators are secure in the belief that the University and the Foundation have created a structure for which there is no accountability?
If USM administrators were proud of their efficient and effective use of Foundation resources, they would scream about it in detail for all to hear and see. However, boose accounts are expenditures to be hidden by its beneficiaries. Secrecy, in the guise of confidentiality, is the handmaiden of deception and misconduct.
Let USM administrators prove me wrong. I'm more than willing to review their records in detail, accompanied by my USM colleagues. Why not?