*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
Star Chamber Mobbing v. Open Review
Compare my request for an open forum to the secret letters demanding Star Chamber discipline:
1. “It is our wish that the administration take whatever steps to put an end to the ridiculous and disturbing assertions which have been circulating concerning Jim Crockett’s honesty and integrity.” (See link for signatures.)
2. On February 16, 2000, Dr. Crockett wrote to Dean Gunther, Provost Henry, Lee Gore, and President Fleming: “As we discussed, I believe that Marc DePree has created a hostile work environment for both me and Marvin Albin . . . The USM administration should demand that DePree discontinue using university facilities to propagate false charges.”
3. February 12, 2002, administrators got another secret letter: “We the undersigned faculty of the School of Accounting and Information Systems (SAIS) charge that Professor Marc DePree has created a hostile work environment . . . in which we feel a lack of physical safety for ourselves and our students . . . He has written and published on the Internet a “novel” that . . . twists and distorts actual events . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that Professor Jim Crockett “fixed” his appointment as the Morgan Professor . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that former Professor Paul Torres and Associate Professor M. J. Albin were unjustly enriched by merit pay adjustments . . . This caused tension between the SAIS faculty and other CBA faculty . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that Jim Crockett, former director of the school of accountancy, made four material misrepresentations . . . Faculty are hesitant to say anything in Professor DePree’s presence or to write anything that he might get his hands on for fear of bodily harm and/or that their words might be distorted by him in some future writing.” I got this secret letter in a freedom of information request. The university attorneys refused to give me the signature page. However, in a sworn deposition, Patty Polk Munn testified that she, among others, had signed this letter, too. (Click for next page.)
1. “It is our wish that the administration take whatever steps to put an end to the ridiculous and disturbing assertions which have been circulating concerning Jim Crockett’s honesty and integrity.” (See link for signatures.)
2. On February 16, 2000, Dr. Crockett wrote to Dean Gunther, Provost Henry, Lee Gore, and President Fleming: “As we discussed, I believe that Marc DePree has created a hostile work environment for both me and Marvin Albin . . . The USM administration should demand that DePree discontinue using university facilities to propagate false charges.”
3. February 12, 2002, administrators got another secret letter: “We the undersigned faculty of the School of Accounting and Information Systems (SAIS) charge that Professor Marc DePree has created a hostile work environment . . . in which we feel a lack of physical safety for ourselves and our students . . . He has written and published on the Internet a “novel” that . . . twists and distorts actual events . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that Professor Jim Crockett “fixed” his appointment as the Morgan Professor . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that former Professor Paul Torres and Associate Professor M. J. Albin were unjustly enriched by merit pay adjustments . . . This caused tension between the SAIS faculty and other CBA faculty . . . He has made and distributed widely . . . claims that Jim Crockett, former director of the school of accountancy, made four material misrepresentations . . . Faculty are hesitant to say anything in Professor DePree’s presence or to write anything that he might get his hands on for fear of bodily harm and/or that their words might be distorted by him in some future writing.” I got this secret letter in a freedom of information request. The university attorneys refused to give me the signature page. However, in a sworn deposition, Patty Polk Munn testified that she, among others, had signed this letter, too. (Click for next page.)