Senate Document SD 85-10

(Amended & Approved, 1/27/1986)

TO: The Fort Wayne Senate

FROM: The Educational Policy Committee

DATE: November 1, 1985

SUBJ: Conflicts of financial interest in instructional situations

DISPOSITION: Upon approval, to the presiding officer for implementation

Resolved, That the Faculty endorse the following policy statement and procedural guidelines.

Policy

An IPFW instructor's direct financial interests shall not influence the choice of textbooks, materials, or activities prescribed for IPFW students.

Procedural Guidelines

1. Any IPFW instructor who prescribes or recommends textbooks, materials, or activities in which that instructor has a direct financial interest shall:

a. Ensure that any credits or income gained from IPFW students is redistributed either to the students individually or to a university fund specified by the instructor and approved by the Student Affairs Committee for this purpose.

b. Promptly report the financial interest and the arrangements for distribution of any credits or income to the instructor's department/division chair (or, should the instructor be the chair, to the appropriate faculty administrator).

2. The dean of the faculty shall have the right to determine instructors' compliance with the above statements, subject to the instructor's right of appeal to the appropriate body.