Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994 [PAGE 506]

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494 II. OVERVIEW

BOARD O F T R U S T E E S

[February 8

• Each academic staff member must obtain prior written approval to engage in non-University income-generating activities, and must also disclose such activities annually, whenever a substantial change in such activities occurs, or when required by granting agencies. • A conflict of commitment arises when the external activities of an academic staff member are so demanding of time or attention that they interfere with the individual's responsibilities to the University. • A conflict of interest occurs when the academic staff member is in a position to advance one's own interests or that of one's family or others, to the University's detriment. • T h e involvement of University students or employees in the external activities of the academic staff member must be disclosed and may require monitoring. • T h e unit executive officer will work with the academic staff member to identify and evaluate potential conflicts and to manage or eliminate them. • Reports of potential conflicts and remedies are reviewed on each campus by the Vice Chancellor for Research, who is advised by a Conflict Review Committee of three or more academic staff members. • If remedies mutually satisfactory to the academic staff member and the University are not reached, the University may impose a sanction, subject to appeal. • Sanctions for violating this Policy depend on the severity of the violation and range from reprimand to dismissal. • An academic staff member may appeal a denial of approval for an external activity or a sanction. • Final responsibility for this Policy rests with the President or the President's designee. • Diligent efforts shall be made to maintain confidentiality of reports, remedies, and sanctions. III. POLICY A. Persons Covered This Policy applies to all paid academic staff members, whether part time or full time, of the University of Illinois. T h e academic staff includes the faculty ranks of professor, associate professor, assistant professor (and all of the foregoing whose appointments contain such terms as "research," "adjunct," "visiting," or "clinical"), instructor, and lecturer, as well as academic professionals and postdoctoral associates. All covered persons are referred to herein as "academic staff members." For the purpose of this Policy, students, including medical residents, are not considered academic staff. B. Definitions 1. A "conflict of commitment" exists when the external activities of an academic staff member are so substantial or demanding of the staff member's time and attention as to interfere with the individual's responsibilities to the unit to which the individual is assigned, to students, or to the University.