In a letter to Bollinger last week, Medical School Interim Dean Lorris Betz said the school had no other choice but to dismiss Oesterling. Documents examined in the investigation, obtained under FOIA, show that Oesterling submitted false documents and receipts to the University. Bollinger said that Oesterling's practices violate the integrity of the honor system in the Medical Center. I don't like to see this sort of thing happen. Baker said Oesterling was well informed of the rules and regulations for reported travel expenses and billing records.
Policies involving issues of conflict of interest are a careful set of well-defined guidelines.
These guidelines are provided to faculty when they are hired. We try to continually inform people of their rights and responsibilities. Faculty must follow disclosure each year. He frequently received, but did not report, money from pharmaceutical companies and deposited the funds into an account for the National Prostate Research Foundation. No one else at the University knew of the foundation.