At the University of Wisconsin, a university-wide conflict plan has been in place since the late 1990s.Under the policy, about 9,000 employees are reviewed at least once a year by the schoolâ??s Conflict of Interest Committee. While about 8,000 report nothing, the remaining 1,000 are broken down, and management plans are created if a conflict is identified. While the University of Minnesota is heading in this direction with the new policy, there are still instances of ambiguity in the documentâ??s language.
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