4.4.10.6 : All Other Senior/Junior Relationships

In any other situation where a senior has direct authority over a junior, and can thus advance, promote, recommend, or in any other way directly influence the academic or work status of the junior, the senior should recuse himself or herself from any decision involving the status of the junior. If the fact of recusal causes the senior to have trouble with a superior, the senior should explain the reason for the recusal to the person in authority. The senior's obligation to explain also exists where an unexplained failure to participate might create an inference of a negative evaluation of the junior by the senior.