OUTSIDE EMPLOYMENT
The primary employment responsibility of all employees is to
UTSA. Outside professional commitments should not interfere
with a faculty or staff member’s responsibility to UTSA. No
member of the faculty or staff may accept outside employment,
temporary or regular, that actually or potentially results in any
conflict of interest with, or intrudes upon or detracts from the individual’s
responsibilities to the programs, policies and objectives of
UTSA. Consulting and other professional commitments with this
result or the potential for this result must also be avoided. No fulltime
employee shall be employed in any outside work or activity or
receive from an outside source a regular retainer fee or salary until
a description of the nature and extent of the employment has
been filed with and approved by their vice president.
Additional information may be found at
http://www.utsa.edu/hop/Chapter4/4-5.cfm or
http://www.utsystem.edu/bor/rules/30000series/
30103 2004 12 10 01.pdf.
| Q: May I work for a local department store
at times when I am not working my normal
hours at UTSA? |
A: Probably. Working at a local department store
most likely does not present a conflict of interest
for UTSA employees. If UTSA is your permanent
full- or part-time employer, you should
still check with your supervisor to be certain
that employment at the department store will
not interfere with your scheduled work times.
You should also fill out an outside employment
form and submit it to your vice president for
approval. |
Q: I work as an accountant in a department at
UTSA. I also do bookkeeping for a catering
firm that does business with UTSA and
occasionally with my department. Is there
anything wrong with this? |
| A: Yes. You may not accept employment
from any outside company that also does
business with UTSA and creates a possible
conflict of interest. In this case, it would be
possible for you to allow the catering firm
to bill your own UTSA department too much
and then you could pay that bill. Whenever
in doubt, check with your supervisor or
vice president. |
FINANCIAL INTERESTS
UTSA employees are prohibited from having a direct or indirect
interest, financial or otherwise, in a corporation or business, engaging
in a professional activity, or incurring an obligation of any nature
that is in substantial conflict with or might reasonably tend to
influence the performance of their official duties at UTSA. If you
plan to conduct business with UTSA, you are expected to inform
the Vice President for Business Affairs, annually, of any financial
arrangement with a company or entity external to UTSA that
might create a potential conflict of interest.
UTSA is responsible for maintaining objectivity in research by
ensuring that the design, conduct and reporting of research will
not be biased by any conflicting financial interest of investigators
responsible for the research in accordance with the provisions of
Public Health Service Regulations 42 CFR Part 50, Subpart F,
and 45 CFR Part 94. (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/noticefiles/
not95-179.html). Investigators are required to complete an
annual UTSA Financial Disclosure Form and submit it to the
Office of Research Development. This form should be kept
current in regard to all relevant research projects and can be
found at http://www.utsa.edu/research/forms/form.cfm.
| Q: My family owns a catering business that
often does business with my department and
others at UTSA. Is this a conflict of interest? |
A: Not necessarily. If you do not make the catering
decisions for your department and others
at UTSA, then there should be no conflict.
You do need to report this information to
your supervisor. |
| Q: I’ve been buying stock in a company that
does business with UTSA. After my next
purchase, I’ll own 10 percent of the
company. Is this a conflict of interest? |
| A: Potentially. If you have the authority to
award contracts, select vendors, or
influence purchases of goods and services,
then you must report your ownership to
your supervisor. |
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