95-040-E A state agency's assistant agency head having the responsibility for recommending the approval or disapproval of the education programs of public and private institutions to a state commission having the authority to approve the education curriculums of these institutions:
1. may accept an instructor's position with the education program of one of the private institutions;
2. may accept an instructor's position with the education program of one of the public institutions; and
3. may accept an instructor's position with a program other than the education program of one of the public or private institutions. [B, C, G]
95-087-E A university faculty member contracting with his or her university to perform research and development for a dye that qualifies as an "intellectual property" as defined in Code Section 25-4-103(j) does not violate the conflict of interest laws because of the exception set forth in Code Section 25-4-105(4)(d). [E, G]
95-106-E A sole stockholder of a company contracting with a state agency may be employed by a state university even though both involve economic development services within the same geographical area as they are separate authorities under Section 25-4-105(4)(h). The stockholder is cautioned regarding Sections 25-4-101 and 25-4-105(1) and (5). [22, B, G]
95-124-E A corporation co-owned by a publishing company which is owned by a university employee and his spouse:
1. may contract with state governmental authorities other than his university employer if the exception is met that is set forth in Code Section 25-4-105(4)(b);
2. may not contract with his university employer unless the exception is met that is set forth in Code Section 25-4-105 (4)(d)(ii); and
3. may contract with state governmental authorities subject to the exceptions set forth in (1) and (2) above but the university employee would still violate Code Section 25-4-105(5) if he used non-public information obtain through his public employment to establish the new corporation and to obtain any contracts for the new corporation. [31, E, G]95-148-E A state university may receive a grant from a state agency even though a faculty member of the university reviewed grant applications as long as the faculty member was unaware of the university's application. [22, B, 0]
94-007-E An alderman who is a university employee should recuse himself from voting on matters before the Board of Aldermen which concern various components or programs of a university.
94-010-E A president of a university may become a member of the Board of Directors of a bank which does not do business with the university.
94-022-E An Instructor Supervisor or other Instructors of a State Academy (SA):
1. may teach fire service courses outside the SA for personal compensation, i.e., those administered by MEMA.
2. may teach fire service courses outside the SA to private organizations such as industrial fire protection personnel for personal compensation.
3. may own a private company which does consulting work similar to that offered by the SA which may include fire service training for personal compensation.
4. Or other SA staff may contract with state community and senior colleges for fire service course deliveries for personal compensation.
Ml of the above are allowed, provide the instruction does not utilize SA equipment and does not compete with the SA for business.
94-056-E An employee of a university should not, on behalf of a part-time employer, solicit business from various departments of the university.
94-127-E A University may not contract with a corporation to provide telephone information services when a professor employed by the University owns an interest in the corporation, unless.
94-153-E A local college district board member who is also an industrialist may not be provided training services for the employees of his business by the local colleges' state board or another local college district.
94-156-E A state supported university may not dispose of effluent waste from waste treatment lagoons it operates in conjunction with an agricultural facility it owns onto the property of one of its professors associated with the agricultural facility.
91-020-E A university may not purchase the art work of its employees. Violation: 25-4-105(3)(a).
91-055-E A city may allocate some of its tax dollars to a university when one of its aldermen is employed by the university, another alderman does business with the university, and the spouse of another alderman provides professional services to the university. Caution: 25-4-105(1).
90-97-E A university may not expand its employee benefits program by selecting an insurance company the local agent of which is the spouse of one of its faculty members. Violation: 25-4-105(3)(a).
90-97-ER An insurance company, the local agent of which is the spouse of a faculty member of a university, may contract directly with university employees with no approval required by or payroll deductions affected by the university.
90-111-E There is no violation of the Ethics Laws when a grant proposal by a university is submitted to a Division of a State Department, the director of which Division subsequently becomes the director of a component of the university which includes the center which receives the grant.
90-124-E A university employee may contract with a private corporation as a consultant relative to a formal application to be submitted by the private corporation to a separate governmental entity and which is under separate contract with the university. Caution: 25-4-105(1).
90-137-E A university professor may contract with the state.
89-50-E A person may serve as dean of the school of accountancy of a university whose spouse is a filly tenured professor of the same school when all supervisory functions and responsibilities as to the spouse are removed from the dean and placed with a person superior to the dean.
89-94-E A program of a university may have a nonsalaried, nonfee, no-expense-paid advisory committee member whose spouse contracts with the program as a physician consultant.
89-174-E A public college president may recommend his brother to the college board of trustees for employment as a member of the faculty. Referred to the attorney general's office regarding the nepotism law.
89-182-E A state university professor and consortium director being a vendor of books authored and owned by him for use in a course of study of a consortium enabled by two grants administered by the university results in the professor violating 25-4-105(1), (3)(a) and (5).
88-17-E A faculty member of a state university may consult with a company which also holds a contract with the university under the following circumstances:
1. The faculty member's income from the consulting contract is less than
$1,000.00 or
2. The faculty member is not an employee, stockholder or continuing contractor with the company, and
3. The existence of either contract is not contingent upon the other.
88-160-E The dean of Jackson State University may simultaneously serve as President of Jackson City Council.
88-182-E A university may not contract with the spouse of an employee of the financial affairs division of the university's accounting department. Violations: 25-4-105(3)(a); 25-4-103(j).
88-185-E A Legislator may serve as Adjunct Professor at a State University, provided the Legislator/professor receives no compensation or expense reimbursement from the University.
87-45-E CDPA employees may receive compensation from a state university for instructor services associated with classes offered by the CDPA Institute.