An appalling and cowardly act in any context...not just re: listserv posts. 

 

If it were me, I'd ask my department chair to show me the full text of the posts sent to him to make sure that my words weren't modified or taken out of context by the anonymous forwarder (edits/revisions can be easily done when forwarding an e-mail). 

 

I would also hire a forensic technology expert in an attempt to learn the forwarder's identity.  With the industry that has grown up around e-discovery, it might not be too difficult to identify the forwarder.

 

One other point: This just goes to show that absolutely nothing is confidential or private when published on the internet.

 

Dave

 
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk on behalf of Bennett, Robert
Sent: Tue 10/23/2007 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
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Indianapolis, Indiana    46208
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-----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