[AISWorld] FW: AOM President’s Message about travel restrictions to US

Tue Jan 31 12:09:52 EST 2017

"Our mission is “To build a vibrant and supportive community of scholars by
markedly expanding opportunities to connect and explore ideas.”  To fulfill
this mission, the AOM will soon hold specialized conferences outside the
United States on topics proposed by and of interest to members.  Please see
our website<http://AOM.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01ODc2Nzg5JnA9MSZ1PT
gyMDY4NTM4OCZsaT00MDY2ODI5MQ/index.html
<http://aom.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01ODc2Nzg5JnA9MSZ1PTgyMDY4NTM4OCZsaT00MDY2ODI5MQ/index.html>>
for information on this initiative.  I invite you to submit a proposal if
you are interested in leading one.  We also will continue working with our
affiliates and associates around the world who convene meetings in support
of management scholarship and teaching.
The vision of the AOM is to inspire and enable a better world through our
scholarship and teaching about management and organizations.  I encourage
AOM members to double down on the scholarly agenda. Let us be more engaged,
creative, and committed to scholarship and teaching on the issues of our
day.  Let us stand together in Atlanta in solidarity with our diverse
membership as the world’s premiere association of management scholars and
business-school professors.  Academic integrity is our strength.  Through
our scholarly discussions and debate, we can find a way forward together.
This is the AOM’s purpose and this cannot and will not change."

And AIS should still be careful not to let the camel into the tent!!!

Nima

*--*

*Nima Kordzadeh, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor of Informatics
Southern AIS 2017 Program Chair

College of Business
Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID 83209-8020
Office: (208) 282-5731
kordnima at isu.edu

On Tue, Jan 31, 2017 at 9:57 AM, Ferran, Carlos <CFerran at govst.edu> wrote:

> FYI.
> This is the Academy of Management position on the subject. Ours need not
> be the same.
> From: President, Academy of Management [mailto:president at aom.org]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2017 3:06 PM
> Subject: AOM President’s Message about travel restrictions to US
>
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> Dear Friends and Colleagues in the Academy of Management:
>
> I’m writing to you today as President of the AOM in the wake of the
> Executive Order signed by President Trump to suspend entry into the United
> States of citizens from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen.
>
> Thank you to those who have written to me and to other officers about the
> new restrictions on travel and their implications for AOM.   Thanks as well
> to those of you who have posted on listservs and social media.  The scores
> of messages that I have read reflect the diversity of our 20,000 members,
> and of the political, social and cultural traditions of the 127 nations
> where we live and work.  Our members hold a range of views on the public
> policies that have recently been implemented.   Many of you have expressed
> concern about travel to the Annual Meeting in Atlanta; many are
> interpreting the Executive Order as a direct attack on scholarship; and
> some are worried about the implication for pluralism on all sides of this
> issue.   A number of you have asked the AOM to condemn the order as
> antithetical to scholarly values, academic freedom, and democratic
> processes.  Yet because of our very diversity, the AOM has long had a
> binding policy that restricts any officer from taking a stand on any
> political issue in the name of the AOM.
>
> I can affirm as President that the AOM stands behinds its vision, mission,
> objectives, and core values.  The AOM fervently values all its members.  We
> are committed to inclusion, supportive communities, and social and academic
> freedom as fundamental and undeniable tenets of scholarly association.  Our
> values emphasize the full diversity of member backgrounds and experiences.
> The AOM Statement of Values expresses that “We respect each of our members’
> voices and seek to amplify their ideas.”  To enact our values, we are
> taking initiatives on several fronts.  First, the AOM is suspending the
> requirement of attendance as a condition of inclusion in the program at the
> Annual Meeting for those affected by the travel restrictions.  All scholars
> whose work is accepted to the conference but are not able to enter the
> United States from travel-restricted countries will have access to sessions
> in which they are presenting through virtual means.  Second, we will also
> share with you, via our website, the best information that we have about
> Visa application processes for those who want to attend.  We encourage any
> member from the affected countries who wishes to attend but cannot because
> of travel restrictions to contact us so that we can work with you toward
> participation.
>
> Our mission is “To build a vibrant and supportive community of scholars by
> markedly expanding opportunities to connect and explore ideas.”  To fulfill
> this mission, the AOM will soon hold specialized conferences outside the
> United States on topics proposed by and of interest to members.  Please see
> our website<http://AOM.informz.net/z/cjUucD9taT01ODc2Nzg5JnA9MSZ1PT
> gyMDY4NTM4OCZsaT00MDY2ODI5MQ/index.html> for information on this
> initiative.  I invite you to submit a proposal if you are interested in
> leading one.  We also will continue working with our affiliates and
> associates around the world who convene meetings in support of management
> scholarship and teaching.
>
> The vision of the AOM is to inspire and enable a better world through our
> scholarship and teaching about management and organizations.  I encourage
> AOM members to double down on the scholarly agenda. Let us be more engaged,
> creative, and committed to scholarship and teaching on the issues of our
> day.  Let us stand together in Atlanta in solidarity with our diverse
> membership as the world’s premiere association of management scholars and
> business-school professors.  Academic integrity is our strength.  Through
> our scholarly discussions and debate, we can find a way forward together.
> This is the AOM’s purpose and this cannot and will not change.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> [http://aom.informz.net/AOM/data/images/Officers/Anita%
> 20McGahan%20signature%20-%20edit.png]
> Anita M. McGahan
> President
> Academy of Management
>
>
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