Part III

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According to the Regents policy, what is the category of potential risk?

| This would constitute a moderate to high level of potential conflict of interest according to several criteria: Prof. Busy is participating in the development of a process with a business in which she has a business interest as a board member. Prof. Busy is participating in the development of a process with a business in which she has a consulting relationship involving significant financial interest (more than $10,000 annually). Prof Busy will be assigning students or other trainees to a project supported by a business in which she has both a business and significant financial interest.

What management strategies would you propose, or suggest to Prof. Busy?

| Prof Busy should resign as board member of NewTurns. Prof Busy should provide a clear description of all consulting activities and only participate in those that can be clearly distinguished from her research activities. Prof Busy must disclose her consulting relationship to graduate students and other trainees and provide a university official with whom the students may discuss any concern that their research efforts are improperly influenced by commercial considerations. The university official should not be part of any of Prof. Busy's projects, or in a position to be unduly influenced by Prof. Busy, and should not have a professional relationship with NewTurns. The faculty on the students' thesis or dissertation committees should not have any relationship with NewTurns. Prof. Busy with make disclosure of the new project to the EPA and will include disclosures to all prospective research sponsors. When presenting papers at conferences or for publication, Prof Busy will disclose her consulting and research relationship with NewTurns. Prof. Busy will provide copies of research reports to the Dean every six months. The Dean, in turn, will ask another faculty member(s) to review the reports and will bring any concerns of impartiality to the immediate attention of Prof. Busy.

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