A Framework for Assessing the Permissibility of Academic Leaders' Outside Activities.

Matthew S McCOY^1,2, Martha E Gaines³, Steven Joffe^1,2, Genevieve P Kanter⁴, Emily A Largent^1,2, Bernard Lo^5,6, Holly Fernandez Lynch^1,2, Allison M Whelan⁷, Michelle M Mello^8,9,10

¹Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania.

²Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania.

³University of Wisconsin Law School, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

⁴Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California.

⁵University of California San Francisco.

⁶The Greenwall Foundation.

⁷College of Law, Georgia State University.

⁸Stanford Law School.

⁹Stanford University School of Medicine.

¹⁰Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, Sanford University.

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Abstract

Policy Points Many have urged academic institutions to rethink conflict of interest policies governing leaders' outside activities, which pose not only individual conflicts for leaders themselves but institutional conflicts for their academic employers. Although the American Association of Medical Colleges and Association of American Universities have provided guidance on managing such conflicts,…

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