[washingtonismoney]

I know virtually nothing about how university research is conducted. But I do know that culture and values are set at the top. Signals are sent, sometimes subtlely, sometimes not, about what is most important in an organization or group. Things like profitability, meeting deadlines and carefulness/quality are often in conflict in the business world. The leader sets the tone on what to prioritize. Yes, the leader can not know everything that more junior people or colleagues are doing, but with the right messaging it seems unlikely that a disproportionate number of these errors would occur (assuming they were disproportionate). I have no view on whether anything was intentional, or whether MTL should have been more careful in reviewing these papers, but as President of a university setting the right culture and expectations is really important, and Im concerned that MTL has demonstrated weakness in that area.

To wit, one telling detail for me is that corrections were submitted, but not followed up upon, for years, if I'm recalling the sequence correctly. Speaking of my own business, you pretty much floor it until that correction gets into the paper.

[washingtonismoney]

I know virtually nothing about how university research is conducted. But I do know that culture and values are set at the top. Signals are sent, sometimes subtlely, sometimes not, about what is most important in an organization or group. Things like profitability, meeting deadlines and carefulness/quality are often in conflict in the business world. The leader sets the tone on what to prioritize. Yes, the leader can not know everything that more junior people or colleagues are doing, but with the right messaging it seems unlikely that a disproportionate number of these errors would occur (assuming they were disproportionate). I have no view on whether anything was intentional, or whether MTL should have been more careful in reviewing these papers, but as President of a university setting the right culture and expectations is really important, and Im concerned that MTL has demonstrated weakness in that area.

To wit, one telling detail for me is that corrections were submitted, but not followed up upon, for years, if I'm recalling the sequence correctly. Speaking of my own business, you pretty much floor it until that correction gets into the paper.