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<blockquote data-quote="W. Mark Hellinger" data-source="post: 84467" data-attributes="member: 692">Re: Competition: fair/unfairFor the topic at hand, I&#039;d say where to draw the line is simple... it&#039;s the property boundary of the college or university, and not one inch past that line. I don&#039;t care if the college or university is the largest employer in the town or county, and I don&#039;t care if a preponderance of the town&#039;s residents are somehow affiliated with the college or university, and I don&#039;t care that the college or university feels they have some obligation to give back to the public by arguably bringing production capabilities and thus higher levels of &quot;culture&quot; to the town, county, state, region, etc... That public funding of the college or university is strictly that: Public funding of the school. Oh sure... I&#039;ve heard the argument that &quot;it&#039;s a learning opportunity for the students out in the real world.&quot; That&#039;s a real slippery slope IMO... and is what internships is for (experience in the real world) because if the line isn&#039;t drawn at the school&#039;s property boundary... then where is it drawn? Ethics is not a matter of convenience. Publicly funded centers for higher education should be a model of ethical standards… and the folks in-charge damn well know where the line is and are accountable for their departments, or they damn well should, either that, or the wrong folks are in-charge.Have right at it on campus, so-long as it&#039;s of the campus, for the campus, and on the campus... and not one step off campus.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="W. Mark Hellinger, post: 84467, member: 692"] Re: Competition: fair/unfair [COLOR=#222222][FONT=Verdana]For the topic at hand, I'd say where to draw the line is simple... it's the property boundary of the college or university, and not one inch past that line. I don't care if the college or university is the largest employer in the town or county, and I don't care if a preponderance of the town's residents are somehow affiliated with the college or university, and I don't care that the college or university [I][FONT=Verdana]feels[/FONT][/I] they have some obligation to [I][FONT=Verdana]give back[/FONT][/I] to the public by arguably bringing production capabilities and thus higher levels of "culture" to the town, county, state, region, etc... That public funding of the college or university is strictly that: Public funding of the school. Oh sure... I've heard the argument that "it's a learning opportunity for the students out in the real world." That's a real slippery slope IMO... and is what internships is for (experience in the real world) because if the line isn't drawn at the school's property boundary... then where is it drawn? Ethics is not a matter of convenience. Publicly funded centers for higher education should be a model of ethical standards… and the folks in-charge damn well know where the line is and are accountable for their departments, or they damn well should, either that, or the wrong folks are in-charge. Have right at it on campus, so-long as it's of the campus, for the campus, and on the campus... and not one step off campus.[/FONT][/COLOR] [/QUOTE]

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