Talk:Peter Tufano

Concerns about neutrality and accuracy of claims on this page

Overall

The ‘controversies’ section makes numerous claims that are unsourced and inaccurate, which is not in keeping with Wikipedia's policy of verifiability The section is written in a malicious tone that is not in keeping with your policy of maintaining a neutral point of view. Wikipedia says biographies of living persons must be written conservatively, that it is not Wikipedia’s job to be sensationalist, and that the burden of evidence lies with the editor who added the material.

[Interest declared: I am writing on the School’s behalf.]

Detailed comments

Covid-19 response

Unsourced claim. The opening sentence makes an unsourced claim: Students at Saïd Business School were unhappy with the Dean's response to the Covid-19 pandemic .

Unsourced claim. In the sentence beginning “98% of students believed the quality of education deteriorated” the 98% figure is unsourced. The School has accurate data on student evaluations and it does not substantiate this claim.

Unsourced claim. The line about ‘stonewalling demands for compensation’ is inaccurate: the School’s leadership did not stonewall demands for compensation, students were clearly told there would be no refunds, but their education would continue virtually.

Unsourced claim. The line about ‘generally lacking transparency in working with the students’ is an unsourced and vague claim.

Inaccuracy. The line about telling the student body to crowdfund online is a distortion: The School created a Service Corps as part of its Covid-19 response and supported students, through its media relations and fundraising team, to raise funds from donors so they could do voluntary work for non-profits. Indeed, recent media stories, profiling this initiative demonstrate this. See https://www.clearadmit.com/2020/09/fridays-from-the-frontline-oxford-mbas-build-back-better/ Also, as noted in one of the articles quoted, the Dean’s Response Fund, which supported this activity, was jump-started with a gift from the Dean.

“Cut and paste” Covid-19 course

Inaccurate/disputed claim. The entry says: On September 10th 2020, the business school, while under the authority of Peter Tufano was accused of taking advantage of a government scheme during the COVID-19 pandemic. This line is false - the programme in question was running before the pandemic. The School disputes the claim that it was ‘taking advantage’ of the government. There is no source for these claims - the link provided does not substantiate the claims.

Inaccurate claim. Creating a “major project leadership academy in response to Covid-19”. This is inaccurate. The Major Project Leadership Academy has been running since 2012.

False/disputed claim. The entry then says “The business school was taking advantage of a dire situation”. Again the School disputes the phrase ‘taking advantage of’. A ‘dire situation’ appears to be a reference to Covid-19, which would make this inaccurate.

The title of this part is inaccurate because of its reference to Covid-19.

Ties to violence on African continent

Unsourced claim. The entry refers to ‘prominent political figures associated with, or responsible for, violent oppression on the African continent’.

The link to the Cherwell article does not provide evidence that substantiates the claims made in the entry, including the serious allegation that Professor Ncube, a former chief economist and vice-president of the African Development Bank, is ‘responsible for’ violent oppression.

Unsourced claim. The article says that Ncube has ‘defended and denied’ human rights violations. This is an unsourced claim. The link provided does not quote Professor Ncube directly but refers to a claim made by one of his critics.

We note that these claims do not appear on Professor Ncube’s own Wikipedia entry.

As a whole, we question the relevance of the ‘African continent” section to a disinterested article about the subject of the page.