Hi Isn't there a conflict of interest in the university administrators having such a policy, since they and the university benefit from the redirected funds?
Does anyone know of evidence that absent such policies, faculty assigned irrelevant books/readings for their courses just to earn money? Take care Jim James M. Clark Professor of Psychology 204-786-9757 204-774-4134 Fax [email protected] >>> Claudia Stanny <[email protected]> 13-Dec-10 11:48 AM >>> Several people posed questions about faculty earning profits from their texts (either published or unpublished course notes). UWF has a policy that ties into general conflict of interest policies. Faculty can use their published text in their course if they want, but they must redirect royalties earned from texts sold to their students to the Foundation. They can, of course, keep royalties earned on sales elsewhere for themselves. Rationale is that it is fine to profit from a book that others require students to purchase, but conflicts of interests arise if you are the one requiring the purchase. Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor School of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences University of West Florida 11000 University Parkway Pensacola, FL 32514 * 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 [email protected] CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a891720c9&n=T&l=tips&o=7172 or send a blank email to leave-7172-13251.645f86b5cec4da0a56ffea7a89172...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=7173 or send a blank email to leave-7173-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
