Penn State today (Jan. 15) published its initial institutional report documenting hazing incidents at the University over the past five years, as required under the Timothy J. Piazza Antihazing Law.
Kenya Mann Faulkner, managing director for business intelligence and investigations at Kroll, a global risk management firm, has been named chief ethics and compliance officer at Penn State. Faulkner — an attorney with more than 25 years of experience in higher education, government and criminal justice — will begin her new role at the University on Dec. 3.
The University’s Office of Ethics and Compliance will release the 2017-18 version of the Annual Compliance Training course on Oct. 25 and has published this year’s compliance training plan for employees.
The deadline for faculty, staff, technical service employees, administrators, students and postdoctoral scholars/fellows to participate in the Penn State Values and Culture Survey has been extended to Oct. 31. Confidentiality protocols are in place to ensure the anonymity of participants, and the survey will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete. Survey links were sent by email from the Ethics Research Center (ethicssurvey@ethics.org) beginning on Oct. 4. Feedback from students, faculty and staff is vital as the University continues to evaluate programs and identify areas for further development.
Starting Oct. 4 and continuing through Oct. 31, Penn State faculty, staff, technical services employees, administrators, students, postdoctoral scholars and fellows will receive emails from an outside organization asking for their participation in the Penn State Values and Culture Survey. The confidential survey will take less than 20 minutes to complete, and is a follow up to a survey conducted in 2013.
The University’s Office of Ethics and Compliance has announced a new compliance training plan for employees that consolidates current University-wide compliance training efforts, increasing their effectiveness and efficiency.
On July 1, 2015, Gov. Tom Wolf signed House Bill 1276 into law as Act 15, amending Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law and the requirements for working in youth programs in Pennsylvania. That means all employees and volunteers who have direct contact with children will be required to obtain certain clearances.
Regis Becker, Penn State’s chief ethics and compliance officer, has been selected by the U.S. Olympic Committee to serve on the board of directors of the newly formed U.S. Center for Safe Sport. The Center for Safe Sport is spearheading a pioneering effort to address abuse in sports and will be the first national institution dedicated to preserving the safety and well-being of athletes.
