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Lawsuit Between Yale And Korean University Invokes Honor And Faked Resumes |
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Monday, 02 November 2009 17:49 |
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People lie in their resumes all the time, but rarely does it become a battle between two universities and include accusations of a disrespect of culture and honor.
A Korean university sued Yale
after it mistakenly confirmed an art professor
had earned a graduate degree at the Ivy League institution.
NYT: Dongguk University, a 103-year-old Buddhist institution based in Seoul, has accused Yale of negligence and a cover-up after it mistakenly confirmed a Dongguk professor’s claims of having a Ph.D. from Yale. Robert A. Weiner, the lead lawyer for Dongguk, said Yale’s response to the ensuing scandal added insult to the injury, and he denounced “the cultural arrogance of not recognizing the harm you’re doing in Korean culture.”
Yale argues that while it had made mistakes, it did nothing that merited court action.
Read the entire NYT article, which has the background facts (including information of the initial errant fax) here.
The professor at the center of the scandal is Shin Jeong-ah, who the NYT said was a "rising star in the art world" when she was hired by Dongguk in 2005.
But what may seem like a fairly small issue has grown into years long litigation -- the lawsuit was filed in 2008 asking for $50 million and accused Yale of defaming Dongguk, saying the Korean university "was publicly humiliated and deeply shamed in the eyes of the Korean population.”
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