Repository: UIHistories Project: Board of Trustees Minutes - 1994 [PAGE 513]

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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS

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Arrangements agreed upon to minimize or manage the conflict must be reduced to writing by the unit executive officer, signed by the staff member and attached to that member's Report of Non-University Activity. This Report shall be routed through regular reporting channels for approval (e.g., unit executive officer, dean, Vice Chancellor for Research). If voluntary agreement on how to manage or eliminate the conflict is not reached, the unit executive officer shall record that fact on the academic staff member's Report and forward it with information about the conflict and proposed remedy through regular reporting channels. T h e academic staff member will be afforded the opportunity to respond before the proposed remedy is transmitted to the next administrative level. Monitoring of University agreements regulating conflicts shall ensure conformity with predetermined goals, and shall act to have project expenditures (including travel) reviewed and approved in accordance with established procedures. Any person involved in negotiating or administering such arrangements has an absolute duty to disclose in writing any actual, apparent, or potential conflict that h e / s h e has in the matter and may not participate further in the process unless approved in writing by the University. D. Approval/Denial of Non-University Activities T h e President or the President's designee has final responsibility in all matters concerning conflicts of commitment or interest. T h e President's designee is the Vice President for Academic Affairs. T h e Vice President has delegated authority to the Vice Chancellor for Research on each campus as follows.1 1. In all matters of conflict of commitment, the Vice President delegates authority for implementation of this Policy to the Vice Chancellor for Research. 2. Conflict of interest matters that did not receive unanimous approval as they moved through regular reporting channels shall be sent to the Vice President for Academic Affairs for a final decision. If the approval is unanimous, final authority shall rest with the Vice Chancellor for Research. 3. T h e President remains the only person who can authorize a contract on behalf of the University with an entity in which a University employee has an interest. In matters of conflict of commitment or interest, the Vice Chancellor for Research is advised by a Conflict Review Committee. This committee will consist of at least three academic staff members appointed after consultation with the executive committee of the respective Senate. If a mutually agreeable remedy is not reached, a remedy may be imposed by the Vice Chancellor for Research and, in matters of conflict of interest, with concurrence of the Vice President for Academic Affairs. E. Sanctions for Violation of This Policy Sanctions are warranted for failure to report potential conflicts or to abide by a remedy. T h e University has the right to impose sanctions consistent with the rights of academic staff members under the University Statutes. Severity of sanctions depends on the extent of the violations of the Policy. Inadvertent, unintentional, and minor breaches require lesser sanctions,

1 These delegations by the president and vice president are subject to change at their discretion.