Closure in an Ethics Case

by E Wayne Ross on May 5, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Closure in an Ethics Case

With a settlement in a case involving two Southern Illinois University at Carbondale professors, their faculty union and the state, an unusual dispute over ethics and quick test taking appears to have reached a conclusion.

The deal acknowledges that the faculty members complied with state law when they passed a mandatory state ethics test in 2006, and that they won’t be disciplined for finishing the exam too quickly.

Marvin Zeman, one of the professors who sued the state, said he feels vindicated by the settlement, and that “as far as we’re concerned, it’s a complete victory.”