| 2. What if the faculty member receives no royalties from textbook purchases, but instead receives only a free copy of the textbook? |
| # | Response Date | Comment |
| 1. | Tue, 3/13/07 10:51 PM | See above. |
| 2. | Tue, 3/13/07 10:52 PM | Please refer to question one. |
| 3. | Tue, 3/13/07 10:58 PM | Simply publishing is a "conflict of interest" when it comes to education. The professor will always want to use their own thoughts/presentation and it simply may not be the best format. |
| 4. | Tue, 3/13/07 11:00 PM | See above |
| 5. | Tue, 3/13/07 11:26 PM | See above. |
| 6. | Wed, 3/14/07 12:09 AM | upon if the faculty choose the text based upon getting the free copy |
| 7. | Wed, 3/14/07 12:25 AM | If they authored it, why the hell would they give a rip about getting their 100th free copy??? |
| 8. | Wed, 3/14/07 2:18 AM | Is it the best textbook for the course?? |
| 9. | Wed, 3/14/07 2:44 AM | Again, it could be a COI if the instructor lets this fact cloud their judgement about the quality of education they are providing. |
| 10. | Wed, 3/14/07 2:52 AM | see above |
| 11. | Wed, 3/14/07 12:17 PM | it makes a difference if the text is required or not. who requires it is also a consideration. the faculty member or the college. |
| 12. | Wed, 3/14/07 12:43 PM | on what she does with the book. she may plan to put it on library loan for students to use. |
| 13. | Wed, 3/14/07 1:50 PM | Same as above |
| 14. | Fri, 3/16/07 6:36 PM | See the above explanation. |
| 15. | Mon, 3/19/07 4:34 AM | See above. Any material gain must be considered carefully. |
| 16. | Mon, 3/19/07 4:32 PM | Give me a break! Who in their right mind would write a textbook if the reward for doing so was limited to a free copy of a $50 book? There is No COI here, but this is an unrealistic question. |
| 17. | Mon, 3/19/07 5:23 PM | Same as above. Is the instructor, perhaps for reasons of ego commitment, making a suboptimal choice? |
| 18. | Mon, 4/23/07 1:21 PM | Again, this may be a small COI if they are requiring the purchase of a book that is inferior to other available materials but if arguably the premier textbook is easily justifiable. |
| 19. | Tue, 4/24/07 6:45 PM | Was the book a book the faculty would have purchased anyway. Probably no COI anyway. |
| 20. | Thu, 4/26/07 9:14 PM | If she gets one free copy for having the entire class purchase this book, then it is a small COI. |
| 21. | Fri, 4/27/07 2:45 PM | You cannot "require" any purchase, just strongly recommend. |