The University of Washington recognizes that faculty, librarians, and academic staff are experts in their chosen fields and are often offered consulting and professional opportunities for compensation beyond their UW employment. This page summarizes the approval and reporting responsibilities outlined in the outside professional work policy (Executive Order 57). This summary is intended to provide compliance guidance, but does not modify or supercede the obligations and responsibilities required in the policy.
Faculty, librarians, and academic staff may consult and do professional work for compensation outside of the University within certain guidelines:
Policy Exclusions (Executive Order 57, Section 5)
Members of the University faculty, librarians, and academic professional community are encouraged to participate in the work of nonprofit professional associations and societies, to contribute their expertise to scholarly, editorial, and advisory bodies including governmental bodies related to their academic work, and to serve on public commissions or boards of philanthropic organizations. These involvements are most appropriately characterized as University and community service and are complementary to University responsibilities. Such activities are not considered outside consulting and prior approval is not required. Such activities should be reported annually using the Annual Report of Outside Activities (see also Executive Order No. 43, "Policy Governing Acceptance of Honoraria").
Faculty members, librarians, or other academic personnel are also encouraged to accept invitations by nonprofit organizations, colleges and universities, and governmental agencies for purposes of presenting guest lectures, delivering papers, serving on review panels, and participating in accreditation activities. In such instances it is not uncommon for a member of the University community to receive some form of honoraria for such activities (see Executive Order No. 43). Such activities are not subject to limitations on outside consulting work and do not require prior approval, provided, if they involve time away from the University, approval for travel away from the University should be sought from the appropriate supervisor. Such activities should be reported annually using the Annual Report of Outside Activities. This exclusion does not apply to teaching credit courses or participating in continuing education activities not under the aegis of the University of Washington; prior approval for such activities must be sought in accordance with the procedures in Section 3.
UW Facilities/Equipment/Resources
For information regarding the University's Policy on the use of UW facilities, equipment or resources please refer to Administrative Policy Statements, 47.2.