Comments on: Enron, the reprise http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/04/enron-the-reprise/ A Weblog for Kansas City, Missouri. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:10:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: ChrisM70 http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/04/enron-the-reprise/comment-page-1/#comment-191620 ChrisM70 Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:52:19 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1654#comment-191620 From the article: --- "University rules stipulate that "those appointed to endowed chairs or professorships must be newly recruited to the university and must add materially to the university's quality." But according to a Jan. 9 memo by then-interim President Gordon Lamb, exceptions to that rule are allowed "in unique cases" _ including in cases "where there has been a full and complete external search ... that has failed on at least two consecutive searches." --- In other words, they couldn't find a qualified candidate anywhere IN THE WORLD willing to take the job, so they just gave one of their own MU staff members $165,000 a year. Why do the right thing and help those who have had their lives destroyed by Lay when they can just give the money to an underqualified employee who already has a job at MU? Nice Move. From the article:
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“University rules stipulate that “those appointed to endowed chairs or professorships must be newly recruited to the university and must add materially to the university’s quality.”

But according to a Jan. 9 memo by then-interim President Gordon Lamb, exceptions to that rule are allowed “in unique cases” _ including in cases “where there has been a full and complete external search … that has failed on at least two consecutive searches.”
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In other words, they couldn’t find a qualified candidate anywhere IN THE WORLD willing to take the job, so they just gave one of their own MU staff members $165,000 a year.

Why do the right thing and help those who have had their lives destroyed by Lay when they can just give the money to an underqualified employee who already has a job at MU?
Nice Move.

]]> By: cja http://blogkc.com/archives/2008/04/enron-the-reprise/comment-page-1/#comment-191619 cja Wed, 23 Apr 2008 04:07:06 +0000 http://blogkc.com/?p=1654#comment-191619 interesting dilemma. I say keep it and use it for good. interesting dilemma. I say keep it and use it for good.

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