Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3339 - Miami University › Chapter 3339-3 - In General › Section 3339-3-11 - Ethics and external services

Current through all regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
All fulltime faculty and unclassified
				administrative staff members are expected to devote his or her full attention
				and talents during the appointment period to the university. External services
				may in no way interfere with the performance of a person's university
				duties.
However, it is recognized that fulltime
				faculty and unclassified administrative staff members are sometimes asked by
				outside agencies and industries to provide consulting and other professional
				services. Normally such activity is encouraged when it:
(A)
								Contributes to
			 the professional development of the individual;
(B)
								Contributes an
			 expertise not commonly available to the solution of a societal problem;
			 or
(C)
								has carryover value resulting in the improvement of
			 instructional or research programs of the university.
Conflict of interest. All faculty and
				staff members are subject to Ohio's ethics laws. All faculty and staff members
				are subject to section
				2921.42, of the Revised code
				having an unlawful interest in a public contract, and section
				2921.43, of the Revised Code
				soliciting or receiving improper compensation All staff are subject to Chapter
				102, division (C) of ethics, and faculty are subject to. division (C) of
				section 102.04
									
									of the Revised
				Code. A summary of Ohio's ethics laws can be found in the ethics materials
				provided to new employees and the pamphlet, ethics is everybody's business,
				published by the Ohio ethics commission (
http://www.eth ics.ohio.gov
). Violations of Ohio's ethics laws carry criminal
				penalties. The general counsel serves as the university's chief ethics officer,
				and matters regarding potential or actual conflicts of interest should be
				directed to the general counsel.
Conflict of commitment. With the
				acceptance of an appointment at Miami university, an individual makes a
				commitment to the university. Every fulltime faculty and unclassified
				administrative staff member is expected to accord the university his or her
				primary professional commitment. Part-time faculty and unclassified
				administrative staff members are expected to devote their full time and
				attention during the designated work time. All employees are expected to
				arrange outside obligations, financial interests, and activities so as not to
				conflict or interfere with this overriding commitment to the
				university.
At the same time, no one benefits from
				undue interference with the legitimate external activities of faculty and staff
				who fulfill all of their duties; i.e., teaching at the university, conducting
				scholarly research under its sponsorship, meeting the other obligations to
				students and colleagues that faculty must share, and performing administrative
				duties. Indeed, the involvement of faculty or staff members in outside
				professional activities, both public and private, often serves not only the
				participants but the university as well.
All fulltime faculty and unclassified
				administrative staff members are required to complete the annual ethics and
				external service disclosure form even if no external services (including
				compensated and non-compensated activities) are anticipated. External service
				opportunities which arise after the annual disclosure form has been submitted
				require the employee to obtain advance approval using the request for approval
				to perform outside service form before undertaking such activity. university
				buildings, grounds, equipment and supplies, and personnel are provided and may
				be used only for official university work. Such facilities and personnel may
				not be used in any external services (including external employment or
				consulting activity).
For fulltime faculty and unclassified
				administrative staff members, external services (outside consulting,
				professional work, or work) shall not exceed an average of one day per working
				week in any semester or term. Time spent on such external services must be in
				addition to, rather than a part of, the normal full effort expected for
				university work.
No outside consultation or other
				professional activity may be undertaken where such activity is, or may be
				construed to be, competitive with any service of the university. Normally,
				teaching in a program other than that of Miami university will not be approved.
				Research activities that would ordinarily be done under university auspices may
				not be performed by private individual contract.
The fulltime faculty or unclassified
				administrative staff member shall take appropriate steps to ensure that any
				publicity or advertising relating to authorized external services is not
				detrimental to the good name and/or best interests of Miami
				university.
Replaces: 3339-3-11