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Committee A: Guidance to Aggrieved Faculty

The American Association of University Professors works to safeguard academic freedom and professional standards. Everyday challenges continue, and the Ohio State University Chapter of AAUP is regularly approached by aggrieved faculty who claim infringements of their rights owing to disparate treatment, intimidation, retaliation, deception, misappropriation of intellectual or research property, and other alleged abuses. Lives and careers continue to suffer, and the suffering is an affront to our profession. OSU AAUP Chapter’s Committee A is the place to bring your concerns.
Aggrieved faculty who contemplate enlisting (national) AAUP guidance regarding alleged abuses and potential misconduct by OSU officials are encouraged to adopt the following protocol if they seek AAUP intervention in their cases. Prudent action at the earliest stages may not entirely prevent further abuse, but it is the best defense against otherwise intolerable situations. Consultation, advice, and intervention are kept confidential to the degree that is requested by the grievant.

  • Always try to apply the same high standards of quality of presentation to your complaints as you apply to your own scholarship.
  • Prepare and continually update a detailed chronology of events relevant to your case in deep detail, with cross-reference to documents or recordings.
  • Identify the specific violations of legal or ethical standards perpetrated by the respondents, with reference to documentation. Committee A can assist with this task.
  • Identify the codes of conduct or standards that are used as frames of reference for complaint. Again, Committee A can help with this task.
  • Make a recommendation for resolution of the situation.
  • Aggrieved faculty should know may not be protected when they report misconduct or illegal activity to internal university bodies. It is possible that internal reporting alone can trigger reprisal, even if the reporting is done in accord with guidelines proposed by federal research agencies. Faculty should refer to the statute provisions of the Ohio Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and statutes governing private recordings, and should study existing codes of professional ethics, particularly those promulgated by the AAUP.

The AAUP’s Committee A can be contacted by telephone or email. Keith Kilty is current chair of OPSU AAUP Committee A.

Committee Z

Committee Z surveys economic issues such as salaries and benefits and helps chapters arrange for the analysis of their institutions' finances.
Gordon Aubrecht, Physics, 5-6250 or 2-2574, is chair of OSU AAUP's Committee Z.