Conflict of Interest

Annual Filing Documents

• CSU Disclosure Category Listing - This updated list contains eight (8) disclosure categories.
   
• Campus Designated Position List - Identifies the designated positions submitted during the remapping process and approved by the FPPC, effective January 1, 2017.
   
• 2020-2021 Statement of Economic Interests Form 700 - (schedules and instructions). Filing Officers are required to review completed statements of economic interests ensuring that a completed individual disclosure statement is received, and that the date is indicated in the official date stamp box located in the upper right hand corner of Form 700. Copies of Form 700 can be reproduced locally for appropriate employees at your campus. Form 700 also can be accessed electronically via the internet at: http://www.fppc.ca.gov. 
   
• Frequently Asked Questions: Form 700 Disclosure  – Provides a list of frequently asked questions that are often asked to FPPC by employees completing Form 700. Frequently asked questions regarding gift disclosure are also included.
   
• 2020-2021 Form 700 Statement of Economic Interests Reference Pamphlet – Provides information to assist employees in designated positions on how to complete their Form 700.
   
• Limitations and Restrictions on Gifts, Honoraria, Travel and Loans Fact Sheet  – This fact sheet summarizes the major provisions concerning gifts, honoraria, travel and loans. The aggregate limitation on gifts, which is indexed for inflation every two years, is $500 (2018-2019 limit) from a single source in a calendar year.
   
• 2022-2023 Principal Investigator's Statement of Economic Interests Form 700-U and Instructions for Statement of Economic Interests for Principal Investigator – Form 700-U should be made available to employees "with principal responsibility for a research project funded or supported, in whole or in part, by the contract or grant (or other funds earmarked by the donor for a specific research project, or for a specific researcher) from a non-governmental entity."
   
• Conflict of Interest Handbook – This handbook prepared by the Office of General Counsel provides information on conflict statutes.

 

Principal Investigators

There is no "annual" filing requirement for Principal Investigators (PIs); however, Title 2 regulations require PIs to file a form 700-U (Statement of Economic Interests for Principal Investigators) before the final acceptance of a contract, grant or gift for a research project from a non-governmental entity, and within 30 days of renewal of funding for such a contract or grant. 

Principal Investigators must complete the ethics training within six (6) months of receiving the grant. Subsequent training is required at least once within each two calendar year period that the grant is in place.

 

Ethics Training

All employees in designated positions, including those that fall under the interim disclosure requirement and select principal investigators and consultants, must complete the ethics training. The training is delivered online and is accessible wherever web access is available. It is delivered in an interactive format. Completion time is approximately 45 minutes, with testing embedded throughout content. A unique course link will be sent to each participant by our learning management system (LMS).

 

Enforcement Considerations