The University of California (UC) Compendium of Conflict of Interest and Integrity Policies includes multiple topics governing financial conflicts, time and commitment, goods and services, use of UC property and facilities, personnel, inventions and patents, licensing, and research.

The UC document "The Disqualification Rule" (PDF) is a quick guide to ensuring anyone with a potential conflict removes themselves from the decision-making process.

The California Public Contract Code (Section 10515 through 10518), Government Code (Section 1090 through 1099), and University of California Business and Finance Bulletin BUS-43 (Section 3, Part 5) prohibit or restrict the university from entering into an agreement with a service provider who is:

  1. A current UC employee from any location (or a business owned by one).
  2. A former UC employee from any location who has been separated for less than two years, whether retired, dismissed, or formerly employed (or a business owned by one).
  3. A current UC employee from any location who owns or controls a 10% or greater interest in a business that will provide goods or services to the university.
  4. A near relative of a current UC employee from any location (or a business owned by one). Note: Near relatives include a spouse, domestic partner, child, parent, brother, sister, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, father-in-law, mother-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, and step-relatives in the same relationship.
  5. A near relative of a current UC employee from any location, when that near relative owns or controls a 10% or greater interest in a business providing goods or services to the university.
  6. Any UC employee who will be paid by the proposed supplier for the proposed transaction.

UC Business and Finance Bulletin BUS-43 states:

"It is the University's policy to separate an employee's University and private interests, and to safeguard the University and its employees against charges of favoritism in the purchase of goods and services. Purchase of goods or services from any officer or employee of the University or from a near relative of any officer or employee is strictly prohibited. If the employee is performing teaching or research, or if they are a student employee, an exception may be granted by the campus Materiel Manager, if such goods or services are not available either from other commercial sources or from the University's own facilities."

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