<p>“We’re well aware that responsibilities come with this kind of power, and there are lots of smart, conscientious folks in every corner of our university deeply involved in guiding us in the exercise of it. But, thanks for the heads-up!” (zenkoan)</p>
<p>i appreciate your perspective and it is good to see a rapid on-campus response to the New Yorker article: </p>
<p>Is Silicon Valley Swallowing Stanford University?
<a href=“http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/05/14/editorial-the-precarious-relationship-between-stanford-and-silicon-valley[/url]”>http://www.stanforddaily.com/2012/05/14/editorial-the-precarious-relationship-between-stanford-and-silicon-valley</a></p>
<p>The Stanford editorial seems to suggest your level of confidence is not uniformly shared on campus. But what of the universities partnering with corporate groups who are not showing a balance between drive for profit at any cost and good citizenship? There seems to have been little salutary effect of the presumed humanities tempered entrepreneurship in the classroom on corporate partners. </p>
<p>If the New Yorker and Washington Monthly articles are correct, students are teaming with faculty and each other or individually to create marketable products. Which ethic seems to predominate–the corporate or ethics side of the industry/university entrepreneurial partnership?</p>
<p>As I indicated before, given past history, current students are the SV employees of the future. Will there be less “router data thefting” or will the economic “success” of an Apple at the expense of the broader community be emulated? Are you at all concerned that the corporate entrepreneurial culture of profit over citizenship might influence those working side by side in the university setting and have a corrosive effect? Where do you see the safeguards?</p>