こんな事も些末な事でどうでもいいんだけど、こんな小さな事にまで見栄を貼る報道をしてもらわなきゃいけないのかなあ。数々の汚名を塗り替えるために素晴らしい出来事の報道が必要だったんだろうね。実力バレたから意味ないし恥ずかしいだけだけど。
下の英文を要約すると、
小室さんの就職した会社のホームページに最初は
JFK Profile in Courage Award; Sweat Equity Award
と書いてあったのを
Fordham's JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award
と書き換えて、現在は削除されている。
元々オバマさんや有名な人も受賞していた” JFK Profile in Courage Award”とは、JFケネディー財団が出している賞でフォーダム大学とは全く関係ない。
一方
”Fordham's JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award”は大学内部の教授指導の元行われるプログラムの中で選ばれるものらしい。
就職活動の履歴書に素晴らしい賞を取ったと書いた方が有利になる側面があるので、普通に行われている事らしい。
大学側もそれらしい名前を使う手法をとっているのか、そこまでアコギな意図ではないだろうがそんな感じだと思う。
実際、これが日本の週刊誌報道になり、一般の日本国民が読むと、わあなんか小室さんってすごいんだぐらいの印象にはなるよね。
違法ではないよ、ちょっとした印象操作。
世の中で普通に行われているまやかしのような事なんだけど、皇室問題、小室問題になると、またかよ〜〜と思ってしまう。
日本でも国際〇〇協会とか、国際を入れると立派なことをしているように受けとる人もいるぐらいの感じかな。実は結構l怪しい団体が多いんだよね、国際〜〜って。もちろんそうじゃないのもあります！
(1) Preface There was a page introducing Kei Komuro on the Lowenstein Sandler LLP website. It may not be there now. When I searched for it earlier, I could only download the PDF that introduces Kei. The page initially said "Fordham University School of Law (J.D. 2021); JFK Profile in Courage Award; Sweat Equity Award;". Later, the notation was changed to "Fordham's JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award". In Japan, Kei is represented by Attorney Ueshiba. Mr. Ueshiba explained this notation. The explanation appeared in an online article in a weekly magazine called "Josei Jishin" on October 12. The title of the article is "Mr. Kei Komuro won the same award as Obama? His agent" justified "about the alleged new career fraud." "In his profile, the awards are listed with the name of Fordham University, just like the usual method in the United States. It was written with the idea that it would be easy to convey that it was an internal award of the university. It seems that it was a very common notation in the United States, but it seems that there were many inquiries from the Japanese mass media. Therefore, the law firm corrected it so that they could understand if there was a mass media who misunderstood. This is the background. Unless otherwise inquired, it would have been left as it was. " "This" JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award "is an award originally issued by Fordham University's Legal Clinic. At the law school, there are many educational programs for the purpose of training legal profession, and the legal clinic is a program that develops practical skills through practical experience under the guidance of an instructor. I've heard that this award is given to the most prominent of the program's students. " In the following, we will proceed on the assumption that he actually explained in this way. (2) Explanation by The JFK Library According to the same article, The JFK Library explains: "The JFK Library Foundation is the governor of the JFK Profile in Courage Award and the only copyright holder of this name. We have no relationship or partnership with Fordham University, and we do not run their awards. ” "Our Foundation does not offer such an award." (3) The content of the explanation by Mr. Ueshiba (A) Fordham University Honor and Credit Crisis Fordham University awarded students the JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award at its educational program, Legal Clinic, as explained by Mr. Ueshiba. Fordham University has awarded students an award of this name. The JFK Library is not involved in the awarding of this award and has not given permission. This means that Fordham University created an award with a name similar to THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN COURAGE AWARD, which is a registered trademark and a well-known award, and gave it to students without the permission of the right holder. This is an act that may infringe on the intellectual property rights of another organization and raises questions about the university's awareness of respecting the rights of others. So, if this fact is true, it could undermine Fordham University's honor and credibility. (B) Is the JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award one award? According to the original notation on the website, the "JFK Profile in Courage Award" and the "Sweat Equity Award" are separate awards, and there are two awards. The changed notation seems to mean that it is one award because "Award" is in the singular form. I find it unnatural about the evolution of the number of awards. Law school students usually know the names and numbers of awards they have received. Even more so with the names and numbers of awards they value so much that they tell their employers. Thinking this way, I feel that the original notation is true. Considering this premise, we can think of it as follows. Fordham University may have created and awarded students an award named "JFK Profile in Courage Award" without permission. It can be said that this name is extremely similar to the registered trademark. If this consideration were true, it would be possible that Fordham University's honor and credibility would decline even more strongly than in the case of (A) mentioned earlier. (4) Summary Fordham University is said to be a prestigious university. If Fordham University did not protest anything about Mr. Ueshiba's explanation and the notation on the website, Fordham University would be perceived as recognizing these as true. If a prestigious university makes such an omission, can it continue to be prestigious? And what if The JFK Library didn't protest Fordham University after confirming Mr. Ueshiba's explanation? It means that The JFK Library implicitly allowed universities to arbitrarily create and give students the JFK Profile in Courage and Sweat Equity Award and awards with similar names. If that happens, the value of THE JOHN F. KENNEDY PROFILE IN COURAGE AWARD will decline rapidly.