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...council of some $20,000 to undergraduate groups prompted an unusual number of complaints from grant applicants--even those who got money. So before another $21,000 is doled out, members are expected to focus on what they say was one source of difficulty--uneven adherence to criteria for determining awards. To do more than just say "sorry" to those groups which don't 'meet requirements for grants, representatives add, the council will also assemble a guide to sources of funding elsewhere at Harvard...
There are no absolute criteria for rejecting a gift in either kind of case. However, there are some guidelines for rejecting donations, according to Thomas M. Reardon, director of University Development...
University officials claim that it is not practical to investigate potential donors in most cases, and there are no clear principles regarding conditions or criteria for checking up on a donor. The University typically does not pay attention to the background of a donor unless some information comes in the attention of the administration suggesting that the donor is not someone with whom the University would want to be associated, Reardon said...
...offer of jobs to certain Meese business associates, he has still been accused of "unethical behavior." Consider the ramifications of this charge--any government appointee who had advantageous business relations with an administration official prior to assuming federal office could be publicly smeared and disqualified. Under this criteria most senior federal officials in the nation's history, both conservative and liberal, could be branded "unethical," questions of actual guilt or innocence notwithstanding...
Unfortunately, drawing the line between illegal distortion and just plain bad distortion probably impossible. Such contracts run the risk of outlawing appropriate improvements and adjustments, crippling creativity, and sapping the vitality of theater for future generations. If, to protect themselves, authors must state detailed production criteria, it is better to grant generous production rights rather than handcuff directors. Such artistic freedom will, in the long run, benefit theater. And it is worth the risk of an occasional wayward production...