It is Ethics Awareness Week across the University System of Georgia!
Our objective for this week is to celebrate and promote our commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct and our shared Core Values of Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect. Our theme for this week is CELEBRATING Our ETHICAL CULTURE.
Test Your Ethical Awareness
As part of this awareness initiative, we will have a daily ethics question. The questions will be related to our efforts to bring awareness to the importance of an Ethical Culture, compliance with USG policies and the responsibility we each have in continuing to strengthen our ethical culture.
Today’s question is about the responsibilities we all have to maintain an ethical culture.
Q: Which of the following statements are true?
- USG employees have an affirmative duty to report wrongdoing and unethical practices in a timely manner.
- USG policy prohibits retaliation against those who report wrongdoing or assist with authorized investigations.
- It is the policy of the USG to refer all criminal acts to law enforcement for investigation.
- It is preferred that employees report wrongdoing to their immediate supervisors; however other reporting avenues are available to include the HR, Legal and Audit Departments; wrongdoing can also be reported confidentially on the Ethics & Compliance Reporting Hotline.
- All of the above.
See if you can answer all questions this week correctly. The correct answer will be shared tomorrow.