229-333-2157 February 2, 2010
10-021
Communications Specialist
All Employees Required to Complete USG Ethics Training
VALDOSTA -- All University System of Georgia (USG) employees
must complete the USG Ethics Policy training by March 31, 2009. The
policy -- available online at www.usg.edu/compliance/ethics/
-- is part of a three-pronged approach the University System is
taking to enhance compliance with state and federal regulations and
to promote ethical conduct by USG faculty, staff, administrators,
vendors, contractors and members of the Board of Regents.
USG Chancellor Erroll B. Davis, Jr., said the tenants of the
consolidated policy were derived from multiple locations, including
Board policy, the Business Procedures Manual, and other documents.
The Ethics Policy, which contains four core values and 13 tenets,
is meant to simplify institutional efforts to identify requirements
for ethical behavior at the workplace.
"I fully appreciate that the overwhelming majority of USG employees
are committed to ethical conduct in their work, on behalf of the
USG and the multiple populations we serve," Davis wrote in a
memorandum to USG employees. "Given this commitment to ethical
conduct, the USG leadership owes all USG employees a clear
statement of the values and expectations to which we all will be
held accountable. "
More than 450 VSU faculty and staff members have participated in
the training since its release in 2009. The training is available
through BlazeView -- http://blazeview.valdosta.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct
-- and takes less than 30 minutes to complete.
For more information about the training, go to the Employee
Development website at www.valdosta.edu/finadmin/training/
.
