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...Many have taken Knowles to task for the lack of transparency in handling this case. While we do not share the view that Knowles has an obligation to air the Shleifer affair publicly, we are concerned that Knowles did not adequately consult the Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC), which traditionally oversees matters such as these. We do not find transparency to be an end in and of itself. When transparent measures work in the service of making a fair decision, they are justified. In this particular case, it is not clear what would be gained by having the details...
...Harvard last year paid $26.5 million to settle the case, while Shleifer, who has denied wrongdoing, paid $2 million. Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, responding to charges that he mismanaged the Shleifer case by not consulting with the seven-member Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC) and a three-member investigating subcommittee before reaching a decision, told The Crimson on Wednesday that “appropriate action” had been taken in the case. He would not indicate whether that action included punishment. Knowles is not technically required to notify the committee or the public...
...nine separate offences, ranging from two counts of rape to the charge of abusing his office. Ironically, the investigation began after Katsav himself had approached Mazuz claiming a female aide was blackmailing him with threats to go public with accusations of sexual harassment. Katsav wanted the aide's conduct investigated and called her a liar, a strategy that backfired when several more women came forward with similar allegations. Danino's team reportedly heard testimony from ten women, and recommended that charges be filed in five of their cases, while maintaining that the other five further indicate a pattern of habitual...
...FEELS BAD, DO IT Republican Congressman Chris Shays of Connecticut has been critical of the Bush Administration's Iraq policy. But perhaps overly eager to shore up his conservative bona fides, he recently characterized the conduct of U.S. soldiers at Abu Ghraib as "not torture" but "a sex ring." Of course. With the hoods over the detainees' heads, we just couldn't see them smiling...
Interim Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles, responding to charges that he mismanaged the Shleifer case by not consulting with the seven-member Committee on Professional Conduct (CPC) and a three-member investigating subcommittee before reaching a decision, told The Crimson on Wednesday that “appropriate action” had been taken in the case. He would not indicate whether that action included punishment...