{"id":2006,"date":"2026-01-26T14:10:16","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:10:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/?post_type=library&#038;p=2006"},"modified":"2026-01-26T14:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T20:10:34","slug":"nepotism","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/nepotism\/","title":{"rendered":"5.39 &#8211; Nepotism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>No member of the unclassified staff may participate, formally or informally, in the decision to hire, retain, grant tenure to, promote or determine the salary of a member of the unclassified staff member\u2019s immediate family, including domestic partners or others living together as a family.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>No member of the unclassified staff may give preferential or favored treatment in the supervision or management of a member of the unclassified staff member\u2019s immediate family, including domestic partners or others living together as a family.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col uwm-l-col--4 uwm-l-offset--1\"><div class=\"content_block\" id=\"custom_post_widget-1549\"><nav aria-label=\"Sidebar\" class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list uwm-p-navigation-list--gold-border \"><div class=\"uwm-p-navigation-list--title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/\">Chapter 5 \u2013 Faculty Personnel<\/a><\/div><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/general-purpose\/\">5.00 \u2013 General Purpose<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/faculty\/\">5.01 \u2013 Faculty<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/granting-of-faculty-appointments\/\">5.02 \u2013 Granting of Faculty Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/types-of-faculty-appointments\/\">5.03 \u2013 Types of Faculty Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/calculating-the-probationary-periods\/\">5.13 \u2013 Calculating the Probationary Periods<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/divisional-committees-must-advise-on-certain-appointments\/\">5.14 \u2013 Divisional Committees Must Advise on Certain Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/appointment-reappointment-tenure-non-retention-and-notification-of-probationary-appointments\/\">5.15-5.161 \u2013 Appointment, Reappointment, Tenure, Non-Retention and Notification of Probationary Appointments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/departmental-school-college-executive-committee-vote-on-tenure-and-promotion\/\">5.162 \u2013 Departmental\/School\/College Executive Committee Vote on Tenure and Promotion<\/a><\/li><li><a 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Outside Activities and Use of University Facilities<\/a><\/li><li><a class=\"current\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/nepotism\/\"><span aria-current=\"page\">5.39 \u2013 Nepotism<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/faculty-rights-and-responsibilities-committee\/\">5.40-5.48 \u2013 Faculty Rights and Responsibilities Committee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/discontinuation-of-probationary-faculty-for-programmatic-or-budgetary-reasons\/\">5.50-5.55 \u2013 Discontinuation of Probationary Faculty for Programmatic or Budgetary Reasons<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/policy\/library\/faculty-personnel\/layoff-and-termination-for-reasons-of-financial-emergency\/\">5.60-5.63 \u2013 Layoff and Termination for Reasons of Financial Emergency<\/a><\/li><li><a 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