Kentucky State University Board of Regents has adopted a Nepotism Policy governing the employment of relatives.
Kentucky State University Board of Regents has adopted an Intellectual Property Policy, and the University has adopted an Intellectual Property Administrative Regulation and Intellectual Property Rights Agreement Guideline, all governing the rights to intellectual property.
Decisions and the judgment upon which the decisions are based must be independent from conflicting interests and must hold the best interest of the Kentucky State University foremost. Conflicts of commitment relate to an individual's distribution of effort between University appointment and outside activities. The Kentucky State University permits external employment or self-employment in an employee's profession or specialty where there is not a conflict of interest or commitment. Faculty and professional administrative employees are expected to devote their primary professional loyalty, time, and energy to Kentucky State University teaching, research and service endeavors; activities outside the University must be conducted without detracting from these primary commitments. A conflict of commitment generally occurs when the pursuit of outside activities interferes with obligations to students, to colleagues and to the missions of the University. These conflicts may become apparent in regular performance reviews, in connection with annual salary decisions and scheduled reviews incident to promotion, reappointment or tenure decisions and should be addressed by the appropriate department head. The University policy and procedures on outside consulting can be found in Administrative Regulations governing Faculty and Staff outside employment.
The public’s respect and confidence in the Kentucky State University must be preserved. Confidence in the Kentucky State University is put at risk when the conduct of University members does, or may reasonably appear to, involve a conflict between private interests and obligations to the University. All University members shall avoid conduct that might in any way lead members of the general public to conclude that he or she is using an official position to further professional or private interests or the interests of any members of his or her family. In conducting or participating in any transaction, full disclosure of any real or perceived conflict with personal interests and removal from further participation in such matters is required.