Although consulting has long been recognized as a legitimate faculty role in most colleges, concern has arisen about the appropriateness of "double dipping," and particularly whether consulting and other supplemental income activities result in shirking other university responsibilities. The debate centers on six basic issues: who consults, whether it is increasing, whether faculty are shirking university responsibilities, whether they are exploiting consulting opportunities, whether they are motivated to consult primarily by economic reasons, and whether most institutional policies and procedures are adequate for governing such activity. (LB)