Compliance Counts

Winter 2018

Web Accessibility - What you should know

Access to the web has become an essential component of modern life. It is embedded in our personal, professional, and educational experiences. With this, the need to ensure that everyone can benefit from the internet is critical. While there are regulations that require websites to be accessible for people with disabilities, UVM is committed to making our web presence accessible not only because the law says we have to. We have this commitment because it's right... it's just... and because UVM's accessibility goals support our overall commitments to access, diversity and inclusion.

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Compliance Survey 2017 Highlights

We would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of you who completed our 2017 compliance survey. We received over 2000 responses! We greatly value your input and feedback and, as we've done in past years, we will use this information to tailor our program's outreach and activities. We are pleased to note that the 2017 survey continued to show gains in both the compliance program awareness measures and the culture measures. The greatest gains were reflected in the percent of employees expressing awareness of the new Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards or "Code."...
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NEW Telecommuting Policy

There are some situations in which flexible work arrangements may be appropriate. In these situations, UVM provides these opportunities for employees. Most recently, UVM adopted a new policy addressing arrangements for employees working remotely. Read More »

Compliance Outreach: Decisions, Decisions, How to Make the Right One

Tessa Lucey, Director of Compliance Services, will be presenting: Decisions, Decisions: How To Make the Right One When Right Isn't Always Clear at this years EDU@UVM on Tuesday, March 13th. Read More »

Support for Programs with Minors

Over the years, the services that are designed to protect minors who participate in UVM programs have continually improved. The recent news about Dr. Larry Nassar, who was a doctor for both Michigan State Athletics and for the United States Gymnastics Team, has, once again, thrust this issue into the spotlight.
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Compliance in the
Headlines

• Michigan State Abuse Scandal Draws Comparison to Penn State

• Student Financial Aid Tied to Cybersecurity Compliance

• NSF to Require Reporting of Researchers Who Harass

• University of North Texas Health Science Center to Pay $13 Million to Settle Claims Related to Federal Grants

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