Celebrating OUR Ethical Culture
The University System of Georgia (USG) is a proud participant of International Fraud Awareness Week, Nov. 12-18, 2017. In support of this effort, we will be hosting activities to remind employees of our commitment to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct in pursuit of our mission to create a more educated Georgia.
Activities during this week will bring awareness to fraud prevention, reinforce the ourthe principles of recognizing the hard work of all employees and promoting our shared values of integrity, excellence, accountability and respect.
Our theme for this week is “The SPIRT of USG.” The activities planned will emphasize:
Stewardship
Prevention
Integrity
Responsibility
Inspiration, and
Trust
This awareness program is part of a comprehensive Ethics and Compliance Program which includes a system-level ethics policy and code of conduct, on-board ethics training, periodic ethics refresher training, assurance audits, consulting engagements, and an ethics and compliance reporting hotline.
As stated by Chancellor Steve Wrigley, “culture is very important to the success of not only our institutions, but our employees, students, communities and ultimately how Georgia is educated, which makes it very important to me and hopefully to all of you as leaders for the USG.”
The activities planned for this week are as follows:
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It is up to all of us to do the right thing. It is about our reputation. It is about our pride. It is about who we are and what we do.
We represent the SPIRIT of USG – Stewardship. Prevention. Integrity. Responsibility. Inspiration. Trust.