USG Highlights Ethical Culture Through Ethics Awareness Week

 

USG Ethics

The University System of Georgia (USG) is committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct in pursuit of its mission to create knowledge. Accomplishing this mission demands integrity, good judgment, and dedication to public service from all members of the USG community. Annually, the USG highlights this commitment through an Ethics Awareness Week, which is scheduled this year for November 6–12, 2023. The purpose of this week is to remind employees of our commitment to an ethical culture and our shared ethical values and expectations. 

Ethics Awareness Week is part of a comprehensive Ethics and Compliance Program. This Program includes a system-level Ethics Policy and Code of Conduct, on-board ethics training, periodic ethics refresher training, compliance audits, special reviews, and an Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline.

In support of this effort, Albany State University (ASU) will be hosting activities to build upon our ethical culture by promoting activities related to our system-wide shared core values of integrity, excellence, accountability, and respect. We will emphasize that, in addition to our ethical values, our Code of Conduct is the foundation of the USG’s priorities of degree attainment, affordability, and efficiency. 

Activities during this week will bring awareness to ethics, reinforce the principles of recognizing the hard work of employees, and promote our shared values. Our theme for this week is the “SPIRIT of USG.”  Activities planned will emphasize:

Stewardship. Prevention. Integrity. Responsibility. Inspiration. Trust.

Activities planned for this week are as follows:

  • Daily videos from President Marion Ross Fedrick and her cabinet discussing ethics through the S.P.I.R.I.T. of USG.
  • Daily USG ethics and compliance policies trivia
  • The Division of Student Affairs ethics training
  • Ethics Awareness Residence Life Bulletin Board Competition
  • Shining RAM Award – Presented to an ASU faculty and staff member who exemplifies the USG core values.
  • Ethics Week Guest Speaker: Jarrod D. Benjamin, CEO and Senior Principal Consultant, The L.E.A.D. Firm

For more information regarding the SPIRIT of USG activities, visit the ASU website at www.asurams.edu.