To: All Faculty & All Academic Professionals & All Civil Service Staff
           <everybody@illinois.edu> 
    From: "Richard O. Traver, University Ethics Officer" <rtraver@uillinois.edu>

Reply-To: rtraver@uillinois.edu
 Subject: MASSMAIL - Ethics Training Required by New Ethics Act

The State Officials and Employees Ethics Act, enacted in 2003 by the 
General Assembly of the State of Illinois, requires each officer and 
employee of all state agencies and universities to complete an ethics 
training program annually beginning in 2004.
 
We are currently evaluating several options for our employees to satisfy 
this new annual requirement. Our goal is to provide several alternatives 
which will be communicated to you and posted on the Ethics web site 
(http://ethics.uillinois.edu) as they become available.

Two options for compliance with the training requirement currently 
available are:

o	The web-based Ethics Training program located in NESSIE at 
https://nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/policies/index.cfm?Item_id=2314.  The 
web-based program will also be accessible in the NESSIE New Hire task list 
as an option for new hires. The program takes about 30 minutes to complete 
and cross references ethics situations to University policy. Upon 
completion of the program, credit is automatically recorded for completing 
the Ethics Training requirement for the year 2004.
 
o	Another option is to attend the training class Ethics in the 
Workplace, which will be conducted on each campus. This class is currently 
scheduled for May 5, 2004, in Urbana, and training dates will be scheduled 
soon in Chicago and Springfield. Registration can be submitted by 
accessing the Ethics web site http://ethics.uillinois.edu .

For those who have already completed our web-based course, please notify 
the Ethics Office to receive credit for your 2004 training requirement.  
Until March 4, 2004, we did not have the ability to track completion of 
the program.  

Information regarding the University's Ethics program and training 
alternatives is available at the Ethics web site 
http://ethics.uillinois.edu. Questions regarding the University's Ethics 
program should be directed to the University Ethics Officer, Richard 
Traver at rtraver@uillinois.edu or 1-866-758-2146.
This mailing approved by:
The Office of the President

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