What does conflict of commitment mean?
Conflict of commitment arises when other professional interests and activities interfere with the individuals meeting basic job responsibilities to the University. This includes classroom teaching, mentoring, advising and development of students, participating in the intellectual life of the department and college, performing relevant research, and contributing to the oversight of academic programs. In other words, individual faculty and staff must assure that other professional activities do not distract from achieving a high level of effort and quality performance in University responsibilities including spending a significant part of his or her time physically present and actively involved at the University (e.g., office hours for students, committee meetings, and research mentorship). Moreover, faculty have other responsibilities to others in terms of judging colleagues for promotion, evaluating research students, and determining grades for students in classes. It is essential that
