Talk:Jeffrey Sonnenfeld

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Emory vandalism controversy[edit]

I'm surprised that there is no mention here of the controversy (of which Sonnenfeld came out on top) regarding Sonnenfeld and the vandalism allegations at Emory. It is mentioned on William Chace's entry, it was the subject of a 60 Minutes segment, and several business school cases have been written about it. 129.170.194.195 (talk) 15:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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reads like a self-promo autobiography. :(

Indeed it does. Does Sonnenfeld have any military or business experience himself, or is his experience telling others what to do? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.44.238.77 (talk) 22:59, 17 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

I put together a section on his recently alleged (in reputable sources) improprieties as a public commentator, but I don't want to jump in if other people are addressing this. Here's the section (if I don't hear otherwise, I'll post it after a while):

Alleged Improprieties in Public Commentary[edit]

In recent years, the neutrality and objectiveness of Sonnenfeld's prolific public appearances have come into question. In response to a 2014 suggestion in "The New Republic" that a positive op-ed of his on Penn State's handling of the Sandusky scandal had been improper, Sonnenfeld insisted that his work as an op-ed writer was independent and not for hire: "I didn’t author anything as an agent for anybody."[1] Since then, Sonnenfeld's public writing has met with more serious charges. In a 2015 piece titled "Being friends with Yale prof Sonnenfeld has its benefits," "The New York Post" established a several-year pattern of Sonnenfeld's doing public advocacy, without disclosing possible conflicts of interest, on behalf of CEOs and companies with links to his executive education ventures, the Chief Executive Leadership Institute and the CEO Summit.[2] On this count, too, Sonnenfeld has denied impropriety; a 2015 article in Fortune, to which Sonnenfeld is a regular contributor, defended him against the allegations, though not unequivocally.[3] The most recent allegations are not the first, however. Damningly, labor scholar Deepak Kumar identifies Sonnenfeld's repeated public self-presentation as a "neutral expert"—while receiving $1.125 million in grants from UPS to the organization he was directing—as a key element in UPS efforts to break a 1997 Teamster's Union strike by controlling media coverage.[4]

While the neutrality of his public commentary thus remains in dispute, also in 2015, Sonnenfeld successfully defended himself from backlash against his criticism of then-Republic presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina. After Sonnenfeld published an article in "Politico Magazine" titled "Why I Still Think Fiorina Was a Terrible C.E.O.," the embattled executive hit out at him for his 1997 forced resignation from Emory University's Goizueta Business School.[5] Here, Sonnenfeld was vindicated, since after litigation Emory had long since withdrawn the vandalism allegations that led to his resignation, settling his wrongful termination lawsuit for what is believed to be a hefty sum.[6] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.211.122.214 (talk) 17:43, 23 October 2016 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ https://newrepublic.com/article/116766/penn-states-post-sandusky-public-relations-repair-gets-helping-hand
  2. ^ http://nypost.com/2015/04/15/being-friends-with-yale-prof-sonnenfeld-has-its-benefits/
  3. ^ http://fortune.com/2015/04/21/dupont-activist-battle-spreads-from-wall-street-to-academia/
  4. ^ Kumar, Deepak. Outside the Box: Corporate Media, Globalization, and the UPS Strike. University of Illinois Press, 2008.
  5. ^ http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/24/upshot/black-mark-for-fiorina-campaign-in-criticizing-yale-dean.html
  6. ^ http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB963886239412079394

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