University Ethical Culture Plan
Education Components
Develop ethics management/leadership education for staff supervisors
Develop ethics management/leadership education for faculty leadership
Develop ethics workshops/seminars for BOT and senior administrators
Develop required supervisory training for staff & faculty supervisors
Develop new employee ethics awareness program
Develop unit-based non-retaliation and civility programming
Communication Components
Hire E&C Communications and Training Specialist
Develop educational messaging on functioning of Hotline, confidentiality protections, and misconduct reporting
for faculty, staff, and students
Increase communication regarding existence, role, and function of Office of E&C
Increase communication of AD67 (Non-Retaliation) and AD88 (Code of Responsible Conduct)
Develop website providing aggregate results of University allegations/investigations
Increase collaboration with Staff Advisory Council to identify issues/concerns
Increase collaboration with Bystander Intervention and Sexual Violence and Harassment Task Forces
Increase communication and emphasis on ethics by University leaders
Structural Components
Consolidate Bias, Behavioral Threat, and Affirmative Action reporting numbers into Hotline
Hire E&C Investigator
Establish alleged misconduct tracking and investigatory protocols
Develop protocols for check-ins with self-disclosed reporters
Establish protocols for enforcement of AD67 violations
Revise/establish policies on faculty ethics & misconduct
Develop Penn State Values
Enculturate Penn State Values across University
Develop ethical decision-making model
Create, implement & revise AD88
Develop & disseminate performance management compliance & ethical conduct standards
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