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Called it. No imperious mandate from on high, just some reasonable suggestions on a website. A ton of HN regulars seem unwilling to apply a microsecond of skep
by a_shovel 5y ago
Called it. No imperious mandate from on high, just some reasonable suggestions on a website.
A ton of HN regulars seem unwilling to apply a microsecond of skepticism to these articles.
- inter_netuser 5y agopushing official policy via deniable "private" distribution channels has been the SOP in the West for a long time. Perfectly valid assumption, especially given this verbiage in the source article, which you can verify for yourself: "Durham University is calling on professors in the math department" The employer told employees what to do. The end.
- PolygonSheep 5y ago> just some reasonable suggestions on a website. I'm not terribly familiar with the inner workings of Durham U but I know that in the business world a "suggestion" can mean anything from "do this if you feel like it" to "you are in serious trouble if you don't do this" depending on context.
- a_shovel 5y agoThe context here is definitely "do this if you feel like it". This is a list of suggestions posted under the "Equality, Diversity & Inclusion" header. Mandatory policies just aren't posted in that section of a university's website. Most of the concrete actions are specifically noted by the section header as "Suggestions & Resources".