tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post7211633475919668026..comments2024-03-28T01:27:23.408-04:00Comments on Health Care Renewal: University of Minnesota Courts McGuire - "We Don't Really Care About the Stock Options"Roy M. Poses MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-23391320311419182332008-09-16T21:09:00.000-04:002008-09-16T21:09:00.000-04:00Hold That Thought - U Claims No Intent To Gown McG...<I>Hold That Thought - U Claims No Intent To Gown McGuire</I><BR/><BR/>sung to the tune of "<A>Turn, turn, turn</A>":<BR/><BR/><B>Spin, spin, spin!</B>InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-58567813620844253812008-09-16T14:00:00.000-04:002008-09-16T14:00:00.000-04:00The University is now trying to extricate itself f...The University is now trying to extricate itself from this mess, see:<BR/><BR/>Hold That Thought - U Claims No Intent To Gown McGuire<BR/><BR/>http://blog.lib.umn.edu/bgleason/pt/2008/09/hold_that_thought_u_claims_no_1.html<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for them, the quotations from Parente make this less than credible. It would be more convincing if the President of the University made the denial Mr. B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02067666077743889680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-41398037480952415412008-09-16T12:53:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:53:00.000-04:00Please note that there was nothing in the newspape...Please note that there was nothing in the newspaper article about McGuire's possible new position that indicated that he was regretfuly, apologetic, remorseful, penitential, etc. There was also nothing in the article suggesting that he was being recruited to teach students not to do what he did. In fact, the article suggested the opposite, that the business school honcho who was recruiting him Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-89714865287900452702008-09-16T12:35:00.000-04:002008-09-16T12:35:00.000-04:00Would I rather he went and crawled under a rock an...<I>Would I rather he went and crawled under a rock and did not share his lessons learned? To me that would be even a worse crime.</I><BR/><BR/>He can share his lessons learned in written form, perhaps an apologia.<BR/><BR/>On the other hand, I believe there is <B>significant</B> value to healthcare and to society that far transcends his giving lectures to students in his being compelled by his InformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-27089000299118320152008-09-16T11:07:00.000-04:002008-09-16T11:07:00.000-04:00From a student perspective, I believe that McQuire...From a student perspective, I believe that McQuire has a lot to offer. But then again, I believe that there might be someone on death row from whom I might learn.<BR/><BR/>People make mistakes, even leaders too. Yes I believe that leaders need to be held to a higher standard and pay the price when they participate in unethical practices. In the case of McGuire, he lot his job, lost a big chunk ofAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-63121804945648700552008-09-16T10:02:00.000-04:002008-09-16T10:02:00.000-04:00The "cult of personality" is a good shorthand for ...The "cult of personality" is a good shorthand for the problem. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad we try to run this blog in a non-partisan manner, and also try not to get too much into left-right distinctions, because such distinctions ar confusing. <BR/><BR/>In fact, I agree that the "cult of personality" is often associated with how communist countries were run. But is also associated with Hitler and the Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-37711233978392357702008-09-16T09:50:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:50:00.000-04:00It's the "cult of the personality" that's been the...It's the "cult of the personality" that's been the problem. I remind that this is predominantly a leftist idea and phenomenon, not a capitalist one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-52794025379266350592008-09-16T09:42:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:42:00.000-04:00Wonderful post! but very sad situation. Yes, the ...Wonderful post! but very sad situation.<BR/><BR/> Yes, the idea that CEO's somehow deserve more and more every year and physicians (like other workers) less and less somehow does not seem to go away. No matter how much damage is done.APeticolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05446263465738752743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-27045559049028485882008-09-16T09:28:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:28:00.000-04:00If there is any silver lining to the current finan...If there is any silver lining to the current financial crisis, it may be the end of the myth of the genius CEO. CEOs and other top managers of financial firms, in particular, have been revered as if they have magic powers. Now they mainly seem incompetent and greedy, if not corrupt. <BR/><BR/>The myth of the genius CEO, and the accompanying cult of the imperial CEO, have been a major cause of Roy M. Poses MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00497209843184497847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-54408110159378151052008-09-16T09:16:00.000-04:002008-09-16T09:16:00.000-04:00In a recent article about McGuire in the WSJ I bel...In a recent article about McGuire in the WSJ I believe, he spoke of "putting the past behind him and moving on" or words to that effect.<BR/><BR/>Based on the spin, it's likely he hired one of those "reputation improving" P.R. agencies.<BR/><BR/>As far as allowing this man access to business students, why not? Ethics be damned. It's the letter of the law, not the spirit that matters and he (likeInformaticsMDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03994321680366572701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9551150.post-13301445008082269812008-09-15T19:37:00.000-04:002008-09-15T19:37:00.000-04:00McGuire=Jobs. Steve Jobs that isSure. Steve Jobs h...McGuire=Jobs. Steve Jobs that is<BR/><BR/>Sure. Steve Jobs has done some great things with Apple but would we allow him on a campus to talk? <BR/><BR/>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061004-7909.html <BR/><BR/>Apple settled with the SEC for a mere $14 million (or about 8 minutes of iPhone sales) and Jobs himself doesn’t seem to be paying anything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com