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ROBINSON’S CIS PROGRAM BEST IN WORLD FOR RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY
The Computer Information Systems (CIS) Department has been ranked first in the world for research productivity in a study
published in a recent issue of Communications of the Association for Information Systems. In addition, Detmar Straub, J. Mack Robinson Distinguished Professor and director of Robinson’s doctoral program, and Associate Professor Upkar Varshney, were ranked among the top information systems (IS) researchers. • The College’s doctoral program also scored high in research productivity, ranking first among all universities whose doctoral students publish in the leading IS journals. • The study was based on reviews of publications from the seven leading IS journals during the calendar years 2001 to 2005. • Last year Robinson’s CIS Department was ranked first in the world for research productivity in a study published by the Association for Information Systems. • Robinson’s CIS Department is also ranked among the top 10 graduate and undergraduate programs in the nation by U.S. News and World Report.
NONPROFITS VULNERABLE
A survey by researchers found that 85 percent
of Roman Catholic dioceses that responded had
discovered embezzlement of church money
in the last five years. The New York Times
asked John C. Knapp, director of Robinson’s
new Southern Institute for Business
and Professional Ethics, about this
issue. “Many nonprofit organizations that
accept cash donations experience theft,
and churches are particularly vulnerable.
But churches have a tendency to be in
denial about the potential for this conduct
in their midst. When ethics seminars or
ethics codes are proposed in churches,
they are often met with resistance from
people who say, ‘Why in the world would
we need this? After all, this is the church.’
Whereas in business, people readily
recognize that
this sort of
thing can
happen.’’
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