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Friday, October 13, 2006
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The Importance of Being Andrei Scene I, Act III [For an update on the Andrei Shleifer case, go here. For earlier Acts, go here.] Committee on Professional Conduct. It pains us very much to have to speak frankly to you, Dean Knowles, about someone with a named chair, but the fact is that we do not approve at all of Andrei's moral character. We suspect him of being untruthful. Knowles. Untruthful! Our Andrei? Impossible! He is a Harvardian. CPC. I fear there can be no possible doubt about the matter. He defrauded our government of a good deal of money, in a clear conflict of interest. He attempted to keep whistle blowers from revealing the truth of his operations. He alienated the American and Russian governments, and did damage to Harvard's relations with them. He has never admitted guilt. He is directly responsible for Harvard having to pay the federal government thirty million dollars in penalties. Dean Knowles. Ahem! After careful consideration I have decided entirely to overlook Andrei's conduct. |