[Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?

Wed Oct 14 15:12:20 EDT 2020

... as Sarah said:

it surely highlights the need to evaluate - and where necessary - to 
improve our skills to manage reputational risks; for individual 
researchers, and - more important - for the institution they represent 
or with which the collaborate. This may include sending responses 
offline, where appropriate and required, to avoid exposure of 
individuals or institutions. But the cases circulated openly today 
already attracted the most possible attention, they are good examples to 
raise the awareness that action may be required already long before the 
shit hits the fan .... and not just before the very moment.

This especially, since countries like e.g  Peru (was one of the examples 
posted today) are actively searching publications to spot (potential) 
violations, or specific political stakeholders are keen to use iconic 
names e.g. in Nagoya-debates to blame collections as potential loopholes.

All these examples demonstrate the high reputational risk and the 
potentially massive damage it can cause for us and our institutions. As 
we can see from today's examples, such infringements are often 
associated with intermediaries or associated third parties and this - 
again - raises the question if we are equipped to manage such situations 
already before they occur.

All the best
Dirk

Am 14.10.2020 um 17:05 schrieb Bentley, Andrew Charles:
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> Rob
>
> I was going to ask the same question.  Why are we airing all our dirty 
> laundry?
>
> Derek – what is your need for this information?
>
> Andy
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> Andy Bentley
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> Ichthyology Collection Manager
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> University of Kansas
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> Biodiversity Institute
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> *From: *Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> on behalf of Rob 
> Robins <rhrobins at flmnh.ufl.edu>
> *Date: *Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 9:56 AM
> *To: *"'glewis-g at oeb. edu'" <glewis-g at oeb.harvard.edu>, Derek Sikes 
> <dssikes at alaska.edu>, "nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu" 
> <nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject: *Re: [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?
>
> What’s the end game here folks?
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> Rob Robins
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> Robert H. Robins
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> Collection Manager
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> Division of Ichthyology
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu> *On Behalf Of 
> *Tocci, Genevieve Elizabeth
> *Sent:* Wednesday, October 14, 2020 10:28 AM
> *To:* Derek Sikes <dssikes at alaska.edu>; nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu
> *Subject:* Re: [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?
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> *[External Email]*
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> There was the orchid controversy at the Selby Botanical Garden back in 
> the early 2000s. It was all over the news though digging up the 
> articles might take some work now. Here are a few:
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> https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20031218/selby-pleads-guilty-in-orchid-case 
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> *From:* Nhcoll-l <nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu 
> <mailto:nhcoll-l-bounces at mailman.yale.edu>> *On Behalf Of *Derek Sikes
> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 13, 2020 9:45 PM
> *To:* ECN-L at listserv.unl.edu <mailto:ECN-L at listserv.unl.edu>; 
> nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu <mailto:nhcoll-l at mailman.yale.edu>
> *Subject:* [Nhcoll-l] Natural history museum controversies?
>
> Do any of you know of any *published* natural history / science 
> controversies in museums that are quite famous? These could range from 
> taking on specimens or collections that are controversial, to research 
> conducted by museums staff/curators that was deemed controversial, etc.
>
> Ideally, I'd like a publication or documentary / video that has the 
> details. No need to reply with unpublished accounts! & These should 
> involve museum specimens (so no need to reply with stories of 
> misbehaviors of museum personnel if specimens were not involved).
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> Thanks!
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> Derek
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