I agree entirely with Bob on both counts.  There's no "cone of silence,"
but civility does have certain minimum requirements.

I was very unhappy to learn of this "back door" forwarding of an e-mail.
At minimum, I would have expected someone to inform Nancy that he or she
was forwarding her e-mail to the chair.  Speaking behind someone's back
strikes me as contrary to the spirit of open discussion that we try to
foster.


Ken Schneyer 

-----Original Message-----
From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Bennett, Robert
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:16 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Interesting tactics

The Executive Committee has asked me to respond to this posting (though
it has not endorsed this response).  It seems appropriate to remind
members of ALSBtalk that we have always viewed the ALSB as an inclusive
and supportive community of scholars--and ALSBtalk to be an important
outlet for members of the community to communicate with each other.  We
encourage open and free communication on the list within the restraints
of mutual respect and civility.  Although there is no "cone of silence"
governing the list and its postings and I do not know the context of
Nancy's posting (i.e., what postings were forwarded to her chair or
why), the furtive reporting which she complains of seems to me to be
inconsistent with the minimum requirements of community, mutual respect
and civility that posters on the list have a right to expect.  I would
encourage members of the list to be mindful of those reasonable
expectations in the future.


Your friend,
Bob

Robert B. Bennett, Jr.
Professor of Business Law
College of Business Administration
Butler University
4600 Sunset Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana    46208
Phone:  (317) 940-9502
Fax:  (317) 940-9455
E-mail:  [log in to unmask]


-----Original Message-----
From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of White, Nancy Jean
Sent: Sunday, October 21, 2007 11:24 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Interesting tactics

To the person on this listserve who anonymously sent some of my posts on
this listserve to my department chair:

My department chair did inform me you had sent some posts of mine to
this listserve to him but you did not reveal your name. I am sure that
if you had asked him to keep it confidential, he would have done so. He
reiterated Central Michigan University's commitment to free speech but
did want to inform me that this had occurred.

Nancy J. White
Department of Finance and Law
Central Michigan University