Duke University's mission statement includes the following goals:

• to prepare future members of the learned professions for lives of skilled and ethical service by providing excellent graduate and professional education
• to advance the frontiers of knowledge and contribute boldly to the international community of scholarship

Sometimes these goals are assisted through faculty, and sometimes student/postdoc, involvement in companies and organizations outside of Duke University.

To assist faculty in fulfilling their responsibilites to Duke we have put together a series of webpages that will provide a "Best Practices Handbook" providing advice and guidence to organize your activities to minimize or eliminate potential conflicts of interest or commitment.

• Regarding potential Conflicts of Interest
• Regarding potential Conflicts of Commitment
• Case Studies
• FAQs