Here is our policy in the Dept of Fin and Law at Central MI:

 4). No faculty member can vote on any personnel issue directly related
to that faculty member.  Faculty members currently or previously related
by family or marriage, or who have or have had a relationship which
would make it impossible to make an unbiased recommendation, shall not
be involved in personnel discussions or recommendations affecting that
faculty member. 

Nancy White
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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
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Sent: May 12, 2004 9:36 AM
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Subject: Nepotism Policies

Colleagues:

Our academic affairs unit is structured in departments within divisions.
My division, which consists of a total 19 full-time faculty in the
departments of Economics, Business and Accounting, has two sets of
spouses and a new faculty member whose spouse intends to apply for an
opening in the division.  As a result, we are faced with the need to
consider implementing a more formal policy regarding supervision of and
by a spouse.   Naturally, discussions at department and division
meetings have not been useful because frank talk is almost impossible.
Do any of your institutions have such policies or have any of you had
experience in navigating this set of issues?  I chair the business
department in which two spouses teach and will run the search in which
the faculty spouse will apply, so I would very much appreciate any
guidance any of you can offer.

Gratefully,

Tom Cavenagh

Thomas D. Cavenagh, JD
Associate Professor of Law & Conflict Resolution North Central College
30 North Brainard Street Naperville, Illinois 60540
630-637-5157
630-637-5260 (fax)