2025 Ethics Week to be ‘enjoyable,’ instructional

The enjoyable kicks off with the Chancellor’s Event, hosted by USG Chancellor Sonny Perdue, with featured speaker, Mr. Jimmy Blanchard, retired chairman and CEO of Synovus and vice chairman of Covey Equity, at Columbus State University (CSU) from 1-2 p.m. Nov. 3. The occasion will likely be streamed reside by way of Microsoft Teams to all USG establishments and the University System Office.

Throughout the day, UNG Human Resources will present entry to a 30-minute ethics coaching all staff are required to take by the top of November.

“EthiCAL: Everyday Ethics in Academia” is a College of Arts & Letters (CAL) multi-department panel dialogue concerning the function of ethics inside their respective fields. This on-line occasion requires registration and can happen Nov. 4. Dr. Bryan Dawson, affiliate division head and professor of psychological science is the panel host.

“Come watch our dynamic faculty panel as they explore where ethics really lives in teaching, research and professional life —including the tough gray areas, overlooked blind spots and the ways we do (or don’t) model ethical thinking for our students,” Dawson stated.

As a particular deal with for school and employees, there will likely be an online trivia contest at midday Nov. 5 with the extremely coveted prime prize of a parking spot closest to the constructing of their alternative for a whole 12 months. Other prizes embody baskets of goodies from every campus.

“They really aren’t hard questions,” Holman stated. “Some of them are ethical dilemmas.”

The week continues with “The Compliance Catalyst: Leadership that Shapes Culture,” a greatest practices panel, moderated by Dr. Rose Procter, director for the TRUIST Center for Ethical Leadership inside the Mike Cottrell College of Business (MCCB). Panelists embody Dr. Robert Scott, president of Albany State University, and Dr. Rachel Clapp-Smith, dean of the MCCB. Wesley Horne, assistant vice chancellor for ethics and compliance and chief ethics officer for USG, will give remarks as properly. The occasion begins as 10 a.m. on Nov. 7 and registration is required to attend.

Holman stated that ethics means doing the correct factor, even when no one’s wanting, and that is why she likes to advertise ethics. She is reminded of one thing she realized at a earlier job.

“My boss advised me that when you’re within the Wal-Mart car parking zone and also you loaded your groceries into your automotive, you’re taking your empty cart to the cart return. You do not simply go away the cart within the parking spot subsequent to you,” Holman said. “That’s what being moral is: doing the correct factor.”