Dear Team,
I am disturbed that students feel they do not have a voice to air their
concerns at their universities. We have several policies and organizations
within the Army that deal with issues of this nature. We have an
investigator general and equal opportunity programs that help to form a
dialogue about issues of perceived or real abuse from within the ranks. I
assume that universities also have these programs. My recommendation, and
that which I have trained for so long in, is to first address the issue at
the lowest level; face to face and in person, and then when unable to make
headway, then seek the various university resources that are there to serve
the best interests of students and professors. No doubt, this is tough
stuff to deal with. Some people are just unapproachable or seem to be, or
they were brought up in the same system you are in, or this is how business
as usual is conducted. Those who feel harmed or abused have to find the
courage to address these issues, and have faith that the university will
listen and not abandon them. Absolutely report violations of university
honor codes or ethical standards, as I think this topic falls into those
areas. This can seem like a huge risk. I realize these are real concerns
for certain graduate students who are in a foreign university working for
their advisers and perhaps not knowing what to do or worried about keeping
their visa or finishing the program. The fear of retaliation cannot be
overlooked. These are hard choices indeed, but ultimately, I recommend to
meet it head on and address it by name and in person--but act.
Confidentiality is always an important consideration, but understand that
there are some limitations and certain reporting doesn't allow for it. At
least in U.S. we have whistle blower protections against fraud, waste, and
abuse and I am sure our universities have a legal office or somewhere for
students and the administration to deal with these issues. As an example, I
just looked up the SUNY Canton, New York and they have a SUNY System Fraud
Policy with procedures and broad definitions of fraud and it also addresses
the confidentiality portions (
http://system.suny.edu/compliance/fraud-reporting/fraud-policy/#sunyresources).
UCSD, from my home town, has a policy on this as well:
http://adminrecords.ucsd.edu/Notices/2014/2014-6-26-1.html . I empathize
with those who are struggling now and hope that you can educate yourself on
how to address the situation in productive way.
Sincerely,
Stephen Matthew.
*Stephen Matthew. WISNIEW*
*Transitioning Army Officer*
*Design Consulting and Design Innovation*
www.stephenmatthewdesign.com <http://www.stephenmatthewdesign.com/>
On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 3:02 PM, Eduardo corte-real <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
> Dear Ken,
> I totally, utterly, substantially, finally agree with what you have wrote.
> Let’s struggle for single signature papers! and multi authored books (for
> instance)
> Best regards
> Eduardo Corte-Real
>
>
> > No dia 30/11/2015, às 18:48, Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]>
> escreveu:
> >
> > Dear Friends,
> >
> > The issue of forced publishing combined with the issue of tribute
> signatures has brought me more off-list mail than I usually receive.
> >
> > These are important stories — sorrowful stories, and they should be told.
> >
> > People are nervous and fearful about telling their own stories, and they
> are reluctant to disclose what they know. I’ve been writing back suggesting
> that it is possible to tell the story without naming nations, universities,
> or people.
> >
> > A few minutes ago, I received an email that truly horrified me. Someone
> wrote that he has had many account from PhD students in design informing
> him that their supervisors have delayed graduation so that they can keep
> these students at work doing research projects that they can sign. This is
> a serious researcher and designer at a top UK university who does many
> workshops around the world. While I can’t account for the details, I have
> always found this person to be reliable.
> >
> > There is no way for me to know how prevalent this is in the design
> field, or in design research. I can say that I have heard most of the
> tribute signature stories in three nations, but I don’t know whether these
> represent a specific national problem or whether I simply have not heard
> stories elsewhere.
> >
> > This is a serious enough issue. It warrants serious consideration and
> research in the field. We can — and should — address this issue within the
> research societies for the design field, among the journals of our field,
> and we should encourage universities and design schools with PhD programs
> to adopt policies on research ethics specifically at the school level. I
> recognise that many universities have policies on these issues — and I also
> know from credible first hand experience that some of these problems occur
> within design schools at universities with well formed policies.
> >
> > When I posted a few days ago on the topic "Design Journals as Publishing
> Venues,” I was aware that this also involved the problem of tribute
> signatures. What I was not aware of is just how many people seem to have
> stories to tell.
> >
> > Everyone who writes to me tells me that they can’t tell their story. I
> disagree. I think we can and should discuss the issues without disclosing
> confidential details.
> >
> > These policies have begun to emerge at the university level and at
> journals and journal publishers because people have begun to recognise the
> problem. I suspect that the problem is shrinking — but like many problems,
> it is also becoming more visible through greater attention and better
> reporting. I do not know how widespread this problem is in the design
> field, but I think it deserves our attention.
> >
> > Everyone who writes to me on a confidential basis deserves my respect. I
> am not passing the stories along. But I urge members of this list to
> consider whether there is some reasonable way to discuss this problem in
> public. Until we do, the situation will not change.
> >
> > Yours,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Ken Friedman, PhD, DSc (hc), FDRS | Editor-in-Chief | 设计 She Ji. The
> Journal of Design, Economics, and Innovation | Published by Tongji
> University in Cooperation with Elsevier | URL:
> http://www.journals.elsevier.com/she-ji-the-journal-of-design-economics-and-innovation/
> >
> > Chair Professor of Design Innovation Studies | College of Design and
> Innovation | Tongji University | Shanghai, China ||| University
> Distinguished Professor | Centre for Design Innovation | Swinburne
> University of Technology | Melbourne, Australia
> >
> > —
> >
> >
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