The university had multiple policies addressing ethical expectations, research conflicts of interest regulations, and other federal and state laws governing financial and fiduciary conflicts of interest.
To promote simplicity and efficiency, the university developed a single, comprehensive Outside Activities and Conflicts Policy owned by the Office of University Compliance and Integrity to replace the four existing policies (Faculty Conflict of Commitment and Faculty Paid External Consulting policies owned by the Office of Academic Affairs, the Faculty Financial Conflict of Interest policy owned by the Office of Research, and the Conflict of Interest and Work Outside the University policy owned by the Office of Human Resources).
After several periods of review across the university community, the policy was finalized and approved or endorsed by multiple groups including Senior Management Council, President's Cabinet, and University Senate.
On May 19, the University's Board of Trustees approved the Outside Activities and Conflicts Policy with an effective date of September 1, 2022.
Outside activities that received approval prior to September 1, 2022, do not need to seek additional approval for that activity under the new process.
August 31, 2022