201.65-1

Conflicts of Interest and Conflicts of Commitment

Applies to: All Faculty and Staff Members
  1. Policy

    The University is committed to basic values of transparency, integrity of scholarship, and independence as it pursues its mission to create, preserve, and disseminate knowledge through teaching, research, and public service. Accordingly, the University of Michigan allows and encourages faculty and staff to engage in outside activities and relationships that enhance the mission of the University.

601.04

Tobacco Free University Premises

Applies to: Faculty, Staff, Students, and Visitors
  1. Policy

    In recognition of environmental tobacco smoke health risks, the University intends to provide a smoke free environment for its faculty, staff, students, and visitors.

601.08

University Archives and Records*

Applies to: Regular Faculty and Staff
  1. Policy

    For the purposes of this policy, “university records” are defined as all records, regardless of their form, prepared, owned, used, in the possession of, or retained by administrators, faculty acting in administrative capacities, and staff of university units in the performance of an official function.

601.09

Defense and Indemnification

Applies to: Regular Faculty and Staff
  1. Policy

    It is the University’s policy to defend and indemnify employees who become parties to legal proceedings by virtue of their good faith efforts to perform their responsibilities of employment.

409.01

University Housing

Applies to: All students, faculty, staff and visitors
  1. Policy

    1. University Housing is an auxiliary unit of Student Life. University Housing is responsible for the management and leadership of university-owned student residence halls and apartments on the Ann Arbor campus of the University of Michigan.
    2. University Housing residence halls and apartments are secured private residences, not public buildings. Room and board rates are set annually by approval of the University of Michigan Board of Regents.
501.10

Policy on Effort Certification

Applies to: All Departments and Units of the University
  1. Policy

    The university receives federal funding and is, therefore, subject to the requirements established by the Office of Management and Budget within the Uniform Guidance (Title 2 U.S. Code of Federal Regulations Part 200, Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards). To receive federal funding, the Uniform Guidance requires that institutions maintain a system of internal controls that provide reasonable assurance that charges to federally sponsored projects are accurate, allowable and properly allocated.

303.01

Openness in Research Grants, Contracts, and Agreements

Applies to: All Research Grants, Contracts and Agreements Accepted by the University
  1. Regents’ Policy

    The mission of the University is to generate and disseminate knowledge in the public interest. Essential to this mission are two fundamental principles: open scholarly exchange and academic freedom. Normally, these principles are mutually supportive. When these principles conflict, they must be balanced, taking into account the University’s mission and the public interest. The University also has had a longstanding tradition of conducting research aimed at enhancing human life and the human condition.

303.04

University of Michigan Technology Transfer Policy

Applies to: All Faculty and Staff
  1. Applicability and Scope of Policy

    This Policy implements Section 3.10 of the Bylaws of the Board of Regents. The Policy further defines the ownership, distribution, and commercialization of rights associated with Intellectual Property developed at or received by the University of Michigan, and describes the general obligations associated with the technology licensing process.