Our Purpose
The System Administration Compliance & Ethics Program advances the Â鶹´«Ã½AV System’s commitment to excellence by partnering with Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV System Administration Compliance and Ethics Program is an independent function within the Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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 Â鶹´«Ã½AV 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