The Senate Ad-Hoc COI/C Committee
Membership:
Pursuant to an email of 12
December to the UO community, quoted below, the committee is charged with "reviewing and,
where needed, suggesting revisions to the draft COI-C policy to meet essential
legal and policy requirements with a keen sensitivity to academic freedom and
the culture of a public research university". The committee is to make a focused effort to
"consider the policy and associated disclosure form. It is anticipated that the revised draft will be
presented at the March 11, 2009 UO Senate meeting."
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2008 11:07:43 -0800
MEMORANDUM
December 12, 2008
To: All Officers of Instruction, Officers of Research, and Officers of
Administration
From: R. Linton, Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies
R. Tomlin, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Paul van Donkelaar, President of the UO Senate
Subject: Continued COI-C Policy Review
There have been a considerable number of thoughtful and substantive comments
conveyed by faculty colleagues on the draft policy on Conflict of Interest and
Commitment (COI-C). In response, the planned January 2009 roll out of the new
disclosure process for COI-C will be suspended for an appropriate period of
time to review and address the concerns expressed on the 'blog' or that have
been communicated directly to Academic Affairs or the Office of the Vice
President for Research and Graduate Studies. For the moment, then, the proposed
new process is paused and existing policy and procedures will remain in force.
Faculty with funding from agencies such as NIH or NSF, or whose research
involves human subjects, will need to continue current disclosure practice as
required by federal regulations.
We recognize the need to further review the draft policy and to include
faculty more extensively in that effort to bring forward an integrated COI-C
policy and effective implementation process. We have appreciated the careful
and collegial concerns expressed by colleagues such as John Bonine from Law or
Alec Murphy from Geography, along with advice from the Faculty Advisory Council
(FAC), that supported the need to incorporate additional ideas and insights
rather than to press forward prematurely. To that end, we have agreed that
Senate President Paul van Donkelaar will convene a small ad hoc committee
charged with reviewing and, where needed, suggesting revisions to the draft
COI-C policy to meet essential legal and policy requirements with a keen
sensitivity to academic freedom and the culture of a public research
university. The members of the ad hoc committee will be posted as soon as Paul
has confirmed their participation.
To proceed in this manner, the University requested (and received Wednesday
afternoon) an extension of the January 31, 2009 deadline previously set with
the OUS Internal Audit Division to the start of our next fiscal year, July 1,
2009. This extension permits at least a two-month period (January and February
2009) for a focused effort by the committee to consider the policy and
associated disclosure form. It is anticipated that the revised draft will be
presented at the March 11, 2009 UO Senate meeting. This permits, as needed, an
additional period of review and comment by the faculty between March and June
2009. The new deadline to implement the disclosure policy and process, July 1,
2009, should allow sufficient time for better assimilation of both COI and COC
issues. We're grateful for your help in moving forward in this way.
Related documents:
- Conflict of Interest and Committment home page.
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Letter 1 December 2008 to OIs, ORs and OAs from James Bean,
Richard Linton, and Russ Tomlin concerning COI.
- Section 4 of the OUS-IMD relating to
Staff and Faculty Personnel (as of 17 Dec 2008).
- Oregon Revised Statues.
Chapter 352 -State and Independent Institutions of Higher Education
(as of 17 Dec 2008).
- Oregon Revised Statues
Chapter 244 -Government Ethics (as of 17 Dec 2008).
- Email dated 17 Dec 2008 from Prof. Bonine.
- Email dated 7 January 2009 from Prof. Bonine.
- AAUP Policy statements on conflict of interest.
- Draft UO Policy on COI-COCC.
- Faculty Employment Outside of the University: Conflicts of Commitment (2004)
AAUP.
- Archival documents
- Document dated 7 January 2009 from Prof. Horner "Considerations for COI/COC
policy and process".
- Information Email to C. Bybee concerning the town hall meeting.
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Document from Prof. Bonine concerning "Preliminary criticisms of Proposal (page 1 only) 10 January 2009.
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Document critique of page 2 of the UO's draft policy 12 January 2009.
- Information on the town hall meeting 21 January 2009.
- Preliminary Report to the UO Senate
13 January 2009.
- COI-COC Briefing Book. This contains MANY materials:
- Announcement of town hall
meeting.
- Campus Email 14 Jan 2009.
- Email from P. Gilkey to G. Bolt 15 Jan 2009.
- Email 16 Jan 2009 from William T Harbaugh.
- Agenda 16 Jan 2009 Committee meeting.
- Email from J. Bonine 16 January 2009.
- Email from A. Murphy 16 January 2009.
- Nine points to consider in licensing University Technology
a document produced by
the Association of University Technology Managers
- Document from Prof. Ian McNeely 16 January 2009.
- Email
correspondence 18 January 2009 between John Bonine and Rob Horner. See also
Oregon State Short Form
- Stanford COIC Form
- COI policy
without COC policy as of 20 January 2009. Also see
Document indicating deleted material.
- Remarks by COI/COC
Chair Gilkey at the Town Hall Meeting 21 January 2009.
- Email of 21 Jan 2009 from Professor
R. Mann concerning COIC
- Letter as of 21 Jan 2009
from Professors Paris and Moffitt.
- Email as of 22 Jan 2009 from Professor Jaeger.
- Blog posted on the COI-C web page 22 January 2009
concerning the town hall meeting.
- Email from Prof. McNeeley 22 Jan 09
- Email correspondence between Professors Tomlin and
Lininger 23 January 2009.
- Minutes of the COI-COC
committee meeting 16 January 2009 (posted 24 January 2009).
- Tab 6.12 U Indiana at Bloomington
(added 25 January 2009). See also
Tab 6.12 6.12-a,
Tab 6.12 6.12-b,
Tab 6.12 6.12-c.
- Email of 27 Jan 2009
transmitting a
"lite" COI disclosure form to the committee for consideration.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from C. Phillips concerning the "lite" COI disclosure form.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from D. Koch concerning the "lite" COI disclosure form.
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Town Hall Feedback
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from S. Clark concerning the "lite" COI disclosure form.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from R. Horner concerning the "lite" COI disclosure form.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from H. Sadofsky concerning the "lite" COI disclosure form.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from I. McNeeley concerning the "lite" COI disclosure.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from R. Melnick concerning the "lite" COI disclosure.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from D. Hulse concerning the "lite" COI disclosure.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from B. Shelton concerning the "lite" COI disclosure.
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Email as of 27 January 2009 from Yuan Xu concerning the "lite" COI disclosure.
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Email 29 January 2009 by P. Gilkey.
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Email dated 29 January 2009 from M. Jaeger.
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Email dated 29 January 2009 from H. Lin
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Email dated 30 January 2009 from C. Jones.
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List of "Big Issues" related to the COI-COC as of 1 February 2009.
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Correspondence 4 Jan 2009 concerning Notice of Motion at the March Senate Meeting.
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Minutes of the 23 January 2009 meeting.
- Letter from Russ Tomlin 4 February 2009
concerning COC.
- Minutes 4 February 2009.
concerning COI.
- Minutes12 February 2009 concerning COI.
- Minutes19 February 2009 concerning COI.
- Minutes26 February 2009 concerning COI.
- Cover letter 9 March 2009 from COIC COmmittee chair
John Bonine to the campus community enclosing
Sample COI financial disclosure form and
Sample disclosure form.
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Minutes4 March 2009 concerning COI.