OGRD MEMORANDUM #10 11/17/89
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COMPENSATED OUTSIDE PROFESSIONALLY RELATED SERVICE
Introduction
Washington State University encourages worthwhile professional
outside services by faculty.
Full-time faculty members are compensated for full-time service
to the University. Faculty may have appointments in instruction,
research, public service, extension, etc., or have assignments
involving a combination of these responsibilities. Whatever the
character of the appointments, the University expects that each
full-time faculty member will carry a reasonable and full-time
load, assuming a proper share of the total functions and responsibilities
of the department, college, or other equivalent administrative
unit, and the University.
Through consulting relationships with government, industry, public
organizations, and others off campus, University employees can
be an invaluable resource. The University encourages the lending
of such assistance where it does not interfere with the employees'
performance of University duties and when no conflict of interest
exists. Under certain circumstances and within certain limits
a faculty member may engage for compensation in outside professional
service work beyond the scope of prescribed duties.
Guidelines
The following guidelines are intended (1) to provide for certain
employees to engage in a limited amount of outside work for pay
and (2) to protect the integrity of the employee-public university
work relationship.
- Outside Work. This term is understood to include consulting,
advising, research, demonstrating, or teaching in the general
area of specialized professional competence for which the person
is employed by Washington State University for other than said
University. Not included is appearance on the program of a scientific
or scholarly meeting attended mainly by professional peers or
outside profit-making business activities engaged in for personal
monetary gain. Outside work must be consistent with University
goals and objectives and enhance the faculty member's professional
development.
- Non-Interference with Professional Duties. Outside work must
not interfere with a faculty member's normal official university
duties, including those non-classroom responsibilities expected
of all faculty members.
- Remuneration. Compensation or pay for any outside work is
any salary, fee, honorarium or monetary gift or contribution beyond
actual expenses. No compensation may be accepted by faculty members
for tutoring students in courses they teach.
- Nature of Outside Work. "Outside work," as defined
in 1 above, relates to the faculty member's normal university
duties and field of academic specialization. Such work must not
detract from the prestige of the University nor from the professional
standing of the faculty member.
- Solicitation. Outside service or consulting work may not be
solicited by a faculty member.
- Limit and Approval. Time and professional creative activity
spent away from campus could diminish faculty-student exchange
and the quality of performance of prescribed official duties.
Therefore, without special consent of the dean or other comparable
unit administrator, and of the Executive Vice President and Provost,
on recommendation of the department chair, full-time faculty should
not spend more than the equivalent of one day per week on the
average over an academic year in outside work. These provisions
do not apply to full-time faculty on nine-month appointments outside
periods of obligated service.
Part-time faculty members may accept additional employment outside
the University up to a level corresponding to a full-time position.
The department chair, or other comparable unit administrator,
must determine whether outside professionally related service
activities by an employee are interfering with official University
duties in each specific case. If, contrary to expectation, such
activities exceed one day per week on an average and prove in
the judgment of the department chair or comparable unit administrator
to interfere with prescribed standard University duties and obligations,
the faculty member must seek an acceptable revision of outside
work activities or apply for a partial or full leave of absence.
A faculty member deemed not to be meeting University obligations
will be dealt with as provided in the Faculty Manual.
7. Use of Facilities. University facilities (equipment, materials,
space, or clerical service) may not be used without approval in
connection with compensated outside professionally related service
work. Fees for such use may be determined by the department chair,
dean or comparable unit administrator in charge, and in the event
that campus-level facilities are involved, with approval of the
President or of the Executive Vice President and Provost acting
for the President. The fee schedule must be filed with the Controller,
and the faculty member authorized to use such facilities is responsible
to the University for payment of such fees.
8. University Assumes No Responsibility. The University assumes
no responsibility for the competence or performance of a faculty
member who renders outside work for compensation, nor may such
responsibility be implied in any advertising or contractual documents.
University stationery may be used only for official University
business.
(Approved by Research and Arts Committee March 20, 1986; edited
April 2, 1986 and November 11, 1986.)