Ethics and Compliance
This web site is intended to inform all interested parties of ethics and compliance policies and procedures at the University of Kentucky and to provide information as to reporting of potential violations of the University's ethics and compliance rules.
There are three areas of ethics and compliance at the University of Kentucky. These areas are as follows:
Ethics and Code of Conduct
At its January 27, 2004 meeting, the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees approved a document entitled "The Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct." The document is intended to document expectations of responsibility and integrity. Exemplary ethical conduct is critically important in our relationships with colleagues, trustees, students, volunteers, contractors, and the public. Further, this statement reflects the values of the University. The document is basically divided into two sections. The first section contains the Ethical Principles and the second section contains the Code of Conduct. The Code of Conduct contains some new principles/rules as well as incorporates existing principles, rules and regulations.
At its March 2, 2004 meeting, the Board of Trustees adopted a document entitled "Clinical Enterprise Code of Conduct Addendum." The University’s Clinical Enterprise is subject to a number of restrictions pertaining to acceptance of gifts and to relationships with industry that are more stringent than the general University community. Violations of these restrictions may lead to serious criminal and civil penalties. This document is applicable only to faculty, staff, and students in the Clinical Enterprise.
Corporate Compliance
The Corporate Compliance Program was adopted in May 1998 for all of the activities of the Health Affairs area. The Compliance Program that is led by a Compliance Officer has two primary goals:
- To enhance and further demonstrate to our patients, the community, employees, staff, the government and third-party payers our commitment to honest and fair dealing; and
- To centralize and intensify our efforts in preventing and detecting illegal, unethical or abusive conduct.
For more information regarding the types of issues that should be referred to the Corporate Compliance Office, visit the Corporate Compliance Program website.
Athletics Comply Cats
The "Comply Cats" Program was unveiled by President Lee T. Todd on October 18, 2001 as an enhancement to the Athletics Department’s Compliance Program. Comply Cats, through a tollfree telephone number or the Comply Cats web site allows employees, student athletes and the general public to report potential misconduct or ask compliancerelated questions anonymously.
buying cialis