From mmreturn@magnetdev.com Tue Feb 16 06:17:10 2010 Return-Path: Received: from mail35.magnet101.com (mail35.magnet101.com [209.18.93.35]) by smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id o1GEH8Sk023403 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 06:17:09 -0800 Message-Id: <201002161417.o1GEH8Sk023403@smtp.XXXXXXX.XXX> Received: from MAGNETMAIL3 (172.17.35.3) by mail35.magnet101.com id hfakea0ir7oi for ; Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:16:43 -0500 (envelope-from ) Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2010 09:16:42 -0500 From: editor@principalinvestigators.org To: Subject: Your Issue: February 16, 2010 X-TokenInfo-NoToken: X-Bps1: 4930422313 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="_NextPart_000_931533_2010216_91642459" X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=1.12.8161:2.4.5,1.2.40,4.0.166 definitions=2010-02-16_06:2010-02-06,2010-02-16,2010-02-16 signatures=0 X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=100 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=5.0.0-0908210000 definitions=main-1002160077 --_NextPart_000_931533_2010216_91642459 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable PI e-Alert features expert advice on managerial and administrative challeng= es which confront Principal Investigators in every field of science researc= h. =09 No. 16, February 15-19, 2010 Managerial: Avoid Postdoc's Advances?=20 Reader Question: =20 I'm one of the few bachelor PIs left on in our institute. Recently an att= ractive postdoc strongly hinted she was socially "available" for me. I do = not wish to pursue the matter. But in case she proves vindictive, or imagi= nes more exists than really does, should I make a written note, or "whisper= " to the Dean or anyone else?=20 Expert Comments:=20 Your cautious instincts are correct here. Relationships in the workplace c= an create legal havoc for managers. To help you avoid any potential issues= , you should report her actions to the human resources department or to who= mever is responsible for sexual harassment (SH) complaints. What -- you may be asking-- does this have to do with SH? Let me provide q= uick review of View the remainder of the expert comments at XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigat= ors.org/news.php Agree? Disagree? Submit your comments to XXXXXXXwww.principalinvestigators.= org/news.php Comments by Melissa Fleischer, Esq, a management-side employment law atto= rney with over twenty years experience and founded HR Learning Center LLC.=20 She is also the principal speaker of next Tuesday's (Feb 23) audioconferenc= e Workplace Violence: Lessons Learned. This emergency seminar is especially= timely after yet another deadly research workplace violence attack occurre= d at University of Alabama-Huntsville over the weekend. Researcher, Amy Bis= hop, Ph.D, supposedly disturbed at tenure decisions, allegedly opened fire = in a department faculty meeting killing three and wounding three others. =20 Like other tragic incidences, Bishop's history showed a warning sign: stron= g dissatisfaction that her tenure had been denied. Detailed re-examination = of the suspect's past history revealed her participation in the 1986 shooti= ng death of her brother had been ruled "accidental". More recently, she had= been a suspect in a a 1993 letter bomb case to a Harvard Medical School p= rofessor. Many incidents of violence have common warning signs but these can be hard = to pinpoint. Scientists, especially, can be "normal", though quirky. Join M= elissa as she walks you through the difficult task of differentiating eccen= tricity, from simmering anger, and violence proclivity. She will discuss su= ch limited tools as are available for predicting aberration. Please beware: There is no simplistic or easy answer, and we do not promise= such...but you owe it to yourself and your research colleagues to learn ab= out when and how a colleague or co-worker "snaps" into violence. The foregoing has been legal information only and should not be considered = legal advice on a specific issue. For legal advice, the reader should cont= act legal counsel of his or her choice. ??Preview of Next Week's Question?? No. 17, February 22-26, 2010 Reader Question:=20 I have been at my university for 1 1/2 years but I am interested in moving = to another institution. Is there any impact in the PI career by moving to = other institution after such a short time period? How do I protect my labor= atory staff? =20 =20 Missed Last Weeks's Question? Reader Question:=20 Because of some of our recent scientific papers, we have achieved a bit of = prominence as "up and comers" in our field. At the institute lunch table, I= have freely shared ideas and thoughts with a colleague whose lab is down t= he hall. But they were just collegial, rambling discussions, nothing more. = Now, he has published a paper in a major journal and listed me as a co-auth= or. This is without my permission and without there having been any real in= put or review from me. I do not want my widespread colleagues to feel I hav= e endorsed this chap's research -- let alone contributed to it. He claims h= e was just being gracious by including our name, but we feel he might be "t= rying to ride on our coattails". At this point, how can I set the record st= raight, and also prevent him from doing this again? View the expert comments at XXXXXXXwww.principa= linvestigators.org/news.php =20 This issue was brought to you as a service by Princ= ipal Investigators Association. If you have general questions or comments c= ontact us at editor@principalinvestigators.org (mailto:editor@principalinve= stigators.org). * Please note that in some cases the unsubscribe li= nks in these messages can become broken by the way that an email program di= splays the message. If you are having trouble unsubscribing you may also fo= rward this message to unsubscribe@principalinvestigators.org with the word = 'remove' in the email message subject line. 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Reader Question: <= /strong> =0AI'm one of the few bachelor PIs left on in our institute. Rec= ently an attractive postdoc strongly hinted she was socially "availabl= e" for me. I do not wish to pursue the matter. But in case she prove= s vindictive, or imagines more exists than really does, should I make a wri= tten note, or “whisper” to the Dean or anyone else?

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Expert Comments: Your cautious instincts are correct here. Relationships in the= workplace can create legal havoc for managers. To help you avoid any pote= ntial issues, you should report her actions to the human resources departme= nt or to whomever is responsible for sexual harassment (SH) complaints.

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She is also the principal speaker of next = Tuesday's (Feb 23) audioconference Workplace Violence: Lessons Learned. This emergency semina= r is especially timely after yet another deadly research workplace violence= attack occurred at University of Alabama-Huntsville over the weekend. Rese= archer, Amy Bishop, Ph.D, supposedly disturbed at tenure decisions, alleged= ly opened fire in a department faculty meeting killing three and wounding t= hree others.  

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