Complimentary copies of textbooks, including annotated instructor’s copies, should not be offered for resale.
Faculty-solicited textbooks should be used for their intended purpose for legitimate academic review for classroom purposes. It is unethical for faculty to resell examination and desk copies of texts solicited from publishers.
Faculty are encouraged to dispose of unsolicited textbooks by donating them (to the library, to students, to organizations, etc.), or by returning them to the publisher.
TBR Source: TBR Meeting March 20, 1992; TBR Meeting December 11, 1992; TBR Meeting June 11, 1998; TBR Meeting June 28, 2002; TBR Meeting September 26, 2003; TBR Meeting June 11, 2004; TBR Meeting September 25, 2008; September 20, 2019
VSCC Source: April 28, 2014, President’s Cabinet; October 28, 2019, President’s Cabinet
