The student newspaper responds to one notorious defense of lax conflict of interest rules at universities.
Concerns have been raised that stricter policy stipulations and implementations would make Columbia less appealing to high profile faculty — but what sort of professor would reject an offer from Columbia due to high ethical standards? Any professor or researcher who finds strong disclosure policies a shortcoming is not an individual we want at our University.
UD would only add that Columbia should have an open door policy when it comes to inviting low ethical standards money people to the university after they’ve been put in prison. Already there’s a bustling trade in financial criminals giving cautionary lectures at business schools all over America.