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Our Purpose

The System Administration Compliance & Ethics Program advances the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System’s commitment to excellence by partnering with Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System Administration employees and departments to promote ethical, honest, and lawful decision-making and conduct. Compliance is Excellence.

Your Program

The Compliance & Ethics Program belongs to each System Administration employee and department.  The Program promotes a culture of individual and organizational ethical decision-making, behavior, and compliance by:

  • Providing guidance and assistance in developing policies that promote efficient, effective, and compliant operations
  • Providing education and training related to ethics, standards of conduct and compliance-related policies
  • Assisting departments identify and evaluate compliance risks that could impede their operations and strategic initiatives
  • Monitoring compliance risks to instill confidence that these risks are addressed successfully
  • Stewarding processes that encourage employees to report suspected wrongdoing with confidence that the System Administration’s culture of compliance will preserve confidentiality and prohibit retaliation
  • Offering guidance and consultation on individual and organizational ethics

Compliance & Ethics Program Charter

The Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System Administration Compliance and Ethics Program is an independent function within the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System Administration. The program is designed to encourage ethical and lawful conduct; prevent and detect misconduct; and promote and ensure activities that affect the strategic objectives of the components of the Ä¢¹½ÊÓÆµ System are administered in compliance with applicable laws, rules, and policies.  The program charter sets out:

  • The fundamental principles, roles and responsibilities of the Compliance & Ethics Program
  • Senior leadership's and management's role in setting the tone of compliant and ethical decision-making and conduct
  • Individual employee responsibilities in organizing and managing their business and operational areas and activities in accordance with applicable laws and policies