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Ethics

Members of the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ community should conduct themselves ethically, honestly, and with integrity in all dealings, being fair and principled in their business interactions and acting in good faith with respect to the University and its students, research sponsors, alumni, and donors. When in doubt about the propriety of a proposed course of action, seek counsel from those colleagues, supervisors, or administrators who can assist in determining the right and appropriate course.

Resources for ethical conduct can be found here:

Faculty Handbook—Ethical Conduct of the University Community

Do you have an ethics concern?Ìý Please contact ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ’s Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer at 561-297-3004 or submit an anonymous report to ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ’s third party ethics hotline at .

Ethics Training

For ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Ethics training, please press and register.Ìý You must have an ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ.edu email address to register.

Standards of Conduct

The University's mission to promote academic and personal development, discovery, and lifelong learning requires all members of the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Community to share a commitment to excellence at all levels of the education, research, and creative experience. Ìý The University's success and reputation depends on the integrity of each and every ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Community member.

¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ strives to foster a culture that:

• encourages and supports ethical decision-making;
• does not tolerate illegal or unethical behavior;
• addresses problems through collaboration, cooperation, and communication;
• reduces risks of non-compliance while increasing the likelihood of early detection and correction;
• enhances decision-making at all levels by raising awareness of requirements/expectations;
• enhances employee engagement to report actual or perceived violations of law or policy;Ìý
• protects ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ’s reputation by reducing the likelihood that damaging or negative events will happen; and
• minimizes the consequences of a damaging or negative event if one occurs.

With these goals in mind, ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ has developed Ìýto set forth ethical and professional principles that govern business dealings by and within the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Community.

For training on ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ's Standards of Conduct, please press and register.Ìý You must have an ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ.edu email address to register.

Gifts

Relationships between members of the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ Community and outside individuals and entities, including vendors, donors and potential business partners, must be free of any actual or perceived impropriety.Ìý Members of the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ community should not personally accept any gift, gratuity, or other payment, in cash or in kind, from any vendor seeking to do business with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ or currently doing business with ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ if such gift, gratuity or other payment is intended to influence their official actions or would otherwise create an appearance of impropriety. Some members of the ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ community who are reporting members are also responsible to report certain gifts to the Florida Commission on Ethics.Ìý If questions arise about the materiality of a proposed gift or gratuity, the proposed recipient should seek advice from the Office of the General Counsel or the Chief Compliance & Ethics Officer.

Ìý Resources for gifts can be found here:

Conflicts of Interest

Information on conflicts of interest at ¹ú²ú×ÔÅÄ may be found here.ÌýÌý