{"id":105400,"date":"2019-11-07T10:52:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T09:52:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=105400"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:24:33","slug":"rector-no-regrets-regarding-e-mail-investigation-at-eshcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/11\/07\/rector-no-regrets-regarding-e-mail-investigation-at-eshcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Rector: no regrets regarding e-mail investigation at ESHCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to rector magnificus Rutger Engels, the investigation at ESHCC \u2013 during which third-party investigators Hoffmann Bedrijfsrecherche went through the mailboxes of 22 staff members \u2013 was \u2018not disproportionate\u2019. The rector stated this on Tuesday during a meeting of the University Council. He does \u2018understand and regrets\u2019 the serious impact this e-mail investigation has had \u2018on both the faculty and the university as a whole\u2019.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-102516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-1600x1067.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 1600w, https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73-300x200.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 300w, 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https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2019\/09\/03163205\/rutger-engels-opening-academisch-jaar-2019-foto-ronald-van-den-heerik-73.jpg?image-crop-positioner-ts=1766139183 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><p><span>Rutger Engels at the opening of the academic year 2019.<\/span><\/p> <p data-component=\"image-credits\" class=\"flex flex-wrap gap-2 items-center text-base\">\n\t<span aria-hidden=\"true\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<path d=\"M19.5 5.25H16.9012L15.6234 3.33375C15.555 3.23114 15.4623 3.147 15.3535 3.08879C15.2448 3.03057 15.1233 3.00007 15 3H9C8.87665 3.00007 8.75522 3.03057 8.64648 3.08879C8.53773 3.147 8.44502 3.23114 8.37656 3.33375L7.09781 5.25H4.5C3.90326 5.25 3.33097 5.48705 2.90901 5.90901C2.48705 6.33097 2.25 6.90326 2.25 7.5V18C2.25 18.5967 2.48705 19.169 2.90901 19.591C3.33097 20.0129 3.90326 20.25 4.5 20.25H19.5C20.0967 20.25 20.669 20.0129 21.091 19.591C21.5129 19.169 21.75 18.5967 21.75 18V7.5C21.75 6.90326 21.5129 6.33097 21.091 5.90901C20.669 5.48705 20.0967 5.25 19.5 5.25ZM15.375 12.375C15.375 13.0425 15.1771 13.695 14.8062 14.25C14.4354 14.8051 13.9083 15.2376 13.2916 15.4931C12.6749 15.7485 11.9963 15.8154 11.3416 15.6852C10.6869 15.5549 10.0855 15.2335 9.61351 14.7615C9.14151 14.2895 8.82007 13.6881 8.68985 13.0334C8.55962 12.3787 8.62646 11.7001 8.88191 11.0834C9.13735 10.4667 9.56993 9.93964 10.125 9.56879C10.68 9.19794 11.3325 9 12 9C12.8951 9 13.7535 9.35558 14.3865 9.98851C15.0194 10.6214 15.375 11.4799 15.375 12.375Z\" fill=\"currentColor\"\/>\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Image by:<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t<span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/persons\/ronald-van-den-heerik\/\" class=\"underline hocus:no-underline decoration-1 underline-offset-2\">Ronald van den Heerik<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">More about e-mailgate<\/h2><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/04\/no-measures-taken-following-forensic-examination-at-eshcc\/\">No measures taken following forensic examination at ESHCC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/02\/executive-board-violated-the-councils-rights-when-it-investigated-eshcc-staffs-e-mails\/\">\u2018Executive Board violated the Council\u2019s rights when it investigated ESHCC staff\u2019s e-mails\u2019<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/02\/academics-want-an-end-to-forensic-investigation-at-eshcc\/\">Academics want an end to forensic investigation at ESHCC<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2019\/10\/16\/integrity-coordinator-also-investigated-by-detective-agency-a-moral-boundary-was-crossed\/\">Integrity coordinator also investigated by detective agency: \u2018A moral boundary was crossed\u2019<\/a><\/li><\/ul><p>During the meeting, the student members, staff members and the Council chair read out statements criticising the investigation in no uncertain terms. \u201cAn investigation like this undermines mutual trust, as well as people\u2019s trust in the management and senior executives,\u201d said John van Wel, chair of the Council\u2019s staff section. Jordie van der Burgt, the chair of the student section, agreed with his colleague: \u201cI call on the Executive Board to share the arguments underlying their decision with us, and to acknowledge the gravity of the situation and the impact this measure has had.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#039;Restoring trust&#039;<\/h2><p>Council chair Hans van den Berg subsequently summed up six requests that had been submitted to the Executive Board. The University Council wants the Executive Board to clarify on which legal grounds the investigation had been ordered. Van den Berg asked the Board to respond to the open letter signed by over 500 scientists. In addition, the regulations would have to be re-evaluated, to prevent a similar situation from arising in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The Council also proposed mandating an independent body like the University Council or the Supervisory Board to assess the need for these kinds of investigation beforehand. The council also requested further clarity about its participatory rights as far as students and staff members\u2019 privacy is concerned. And finally, it asked the Executive Board to draw up a plan for restoring the academic community\u2019s trust in the university administration.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#039;We find the turmoil regrettable&#039;<\/h2><p>Engels promised the Board would reply to the Council\u2019s requests in an upcoming letter. In response to the statements read out by the Council members, Engels said that the Executive Board acknowledges that the e-mail investigation has had quite an impact. \u201cWe find the turmoil caused by this matter deeply regrettable \u2013 particularly since the investigation was actually intended to create a safe work environment. Many people have said that as a measure, this investigation was disproportionate.\u201d When he was asked by the Council whether he agreed that this measure was disproportionate, the rector answered in the negative.<\/p>\n<p>Engels does not believe that the Executive Board should have consulted the University Council beforehand about the investigation. \u201cThe Council has a right of endorsement with regard to the policy itself \u2013 not to its implementation.\u201d He did confirm that he intended to examine what the University Council\u2019s rights are exactly. He stressed that the Executive Board has learned a great deal from people\u2019s responses to this matter, and promised they would be taking these experiences on board if a case like this presented itself in the future. 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The rector stated this on Tuesday during a meeting of the University Council. He does \u2018understand and regrets\u2019 the serious impact this e-mail investigation has had [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":102516,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_trash_the_other_posts":false,"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[71],"em_content_type":[24778],"class_list":["post-105400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-campus","em_content_type-nieuws"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rector: no regrets regarding e-mail investigation at ESHCC<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Investigators have combed through the e-mails of 22 ESHCC staff members in an attempt to find who had \u2018leaked\u2019 to NRC Handelsblad about plagiarism committed by the then dean. 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