Does the restriction on use of University computing resources for commercial, personal financial or other gain prohibit faculty from using such resources in connection with their consulting work?
Use of university IT resources in connection with consulting work is subject to the same requirements and limitations as use of any other university resource. Such use must be approved in advance by the University and adequately compensate the University for the use of its resources. Use of university IT resources in connection with consulting that has not been approved is prohibited, even when done voluntarily by the user for an outside entity as a public service, e.g., Red Cross, Sierra Club, etc. Such use is inappropriate since the outside entity benefits from the use of State taxpayer supported resources and the value derived by the State may be minimal, if anything at all.
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