Turner Business

by Christa Robbins, CSU Media Relations COLUMBUS, Ga. — Research by Frank Mixon , professor of economics in Columbus State University’s Turner College of Business, was used in the creation of a new California law that protects students against bullying and mobbing, a group form of bullying.  The law mandates that universities and colleges in the California State University and University of California systems adopt and publish policies on harassment, intimidation and bullying in the rules and regulations governing student behavior, which, at a minimum, includes each campus’ website and any printed materials concerning student behavior.  By publishing policies on bullying, the California legislature is expecting they can be more easily practiced.  “This law will help if the policies that are published are followed,” said Mixon. Mixon’s study, “An Economic Model of Workplace Mobbing in Academe,” published in a 2012 issue of Economics of Education Review , examined the pr...

Linda Hadley , dean of Columbus State University’s Turner College of Business, was recently elected to the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) International Board of Directors.  Dean Hadley is one of only 30 business leaders from around the world on the board for AACSB, which is the governing body that accredits 780 of the world’s best business schools — including CSU’s Turner College — across 53 countries and territories.  During her tenure, which began on July 1, 2017, and will run through June 30, 2020, Dean Hadley will assist the board with an aggressive strategic change agenda.