Policy Manual

The Committee on Conflict of Interest in Employment (“Committee”) will review and consider for approval management plans that are developed as described below. The Committee may approve or deny proposed management plans.

The Committee shall consist of four members appointed by the Faculty Senate and three members appointed by the Staff Council. Members of the Committee shall be appointed for staggered three-year terms, but no person may be appointed for more than two consecutive terms. The Associate Provost for Faculty and the Chief Human Resources Officer or their designees shall serve as co-chairs of the Committee. Committee members shall not participate in the development and approval of a management plan or the oversight of a management plan if 1) they are related to either of the associated individuals; 2) they participated in the development of the management plan in their unit of employment; 3) their conditions of employment could be affected by a management plan; or 4) some other conflict of interest exists. Decisions of the Committee shall be made by majority vote of the Committee members voting on the decision. 

All meetings and deliberations of the Committee shall be confidential. All written materials reviewed or created in the development of a management plan shall be confidential. One of the Committee's co-chairs shall keep on file the Committee's official copy of all management plans. Any information disclosed by either of the associated individuals for the purpose of developing the management plan shall be used solely for that purpose. However, faculty, staff, and students who are in positions to be affected significantly by a conflict of interest in employment  (typically, those who interact  directly with the associated individuals in the context of their work) shall be informed of the existence of the management plan and shall be provided with information regarding the appropriate person(s) to whom they may bring relevant concerns. In most cases, this will be the first neutral supervisor for faculty and staff, although departmental human resource representatives or the Director of Undergraduate or Graduate Studies may be the more appropriate person for staff and students, respectively, in some units.