Enhancing a culture of compliance and promoting ethical behavior
University Compliance
The University of Arizona is guided by our core values: Integrity; Compassion; Exploration; Adaptation; Inclusion; and Determination. Every member of the university community has a responsibility, to themselves and each other, to uphold expectations provided in our polices, codes, and standards of conduct.
University Compliance upholds our Core Values, guided by our commitment to enhance a culture of compliance and promote ethical behavior through:
- effective compliance oversight;
- compliance system design;
- education and training;
- periodic risk identification;
- report assessment, investigation, and response;
- monitoring, auditing, and evaluation and;
- continuous improvement.
University Compliance assists university community members, departments, and units by:
Building and managing effective compliance programs.
University Compliance builds and manages effective compliance programs in high-risk compliance areas that require coordination across multiple units/areas and campuses. For example, the University Compliance Division directly manages the compliance programs for: Clery Act, Youth Protection, Title IX, Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act, and Ethics and Compliance reports.
Collaborating with our diverse compliance partners.
Our partners include areas and departments responsible for a specific compliance function; University Compliance supports these areas to ensure that they have needed resources and expertise to fulfill compliance obligations.
Providing oversight for diffuse compliance efforts.
Providing oversight that authorizes, supports, coordinates, and monitors compliance efforts throughout the university; overseeing implementation of the Compliance Plan; authorizing and supporting compliance efforts including education and training, investigation, reporting, monitoring, and correction.