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External professional activities for pay
The Board of Governors' Policy on External Professional Activities of Faculty
and Other Professional Staff, last revised on April 16, 1993, defines and establishes
reporting procedures concerning external professional activities for pay undertaken
by full-time members of the university faculty and professional staff. Such
procedures ensure that external professional activities for pay will not create
a conflict of commitment or interest, will not involve any inappropriate use
of University resources, will not make any use of the name of the University
of North Carolina for any purpose other than professional identification, and
will not claim any university or institutional responsibility for the conduct
or outcome of such activities. The following highlights are of special note:
- Failure to comply with policy requirements may result in disciplinary
proceedings.
- A separate written application to engage in external professional activities
for pay must be filed for each such proposed activity.
- If the approved activity will extend beyond the end of the fiscal or academic
year in which it was begun, permission to continue the activity must be obtained
in a timely manner.
- An employee who files a notice of intent to engage in external professional
activities for pay must complete a form that summarizes all such activities
in which he or she engaged during the immediately preceding fiscal year.
- For those on academic year contracts, professional activity for pay performed
between the day following spring commencement and the first day of registration
for the fall semester need not be reported if the activity does not conflict
with the Board of Governors' policy and it is not conducted concurrently
with a contract service period for teaching, research, or other services
to the institution during a summer session. Pay is defined as compensation
other than a small honorarium or the reimbursement of expenses. Generally,
royalties from scholarly books are not covered.
A Notice
of Intent form is to be filled out by all faculty and professional staff
who wish to engage in external professional activities for pay. Forms are
available from the department chairpersons or the appropriate dean.
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