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Financial
- Accounting or auditing matters, falsification of contracts, reports or records, fraud, improper supplier or contractor activity, theft, and all other financial matters.
Accounting and Auditing Matters
The unethical systematic recording and analysis of the business and financial transactions associated with generally accepted accounting practices. (Examples include: misstatement of revenues, misstatement of expenses, misstatement of assets, misapplications of GAAP principles, wrongful transactions)
Donor Stewardship
Mishandling of donor funds directed to the university, including funds that may not have been used in accordance with the donor's intentions and wishes.
Falsification of Contracts, Reports, or Records
Consists of altering, fabricating, falsifying, or forging all or any part of a document, contract or record for the purpose of gaining an advantage, or misrepresenting the value of the document, contract or record (Examples include: financial aid documents, vendor contracts, invoices and purchase orders).
Financial Aid Misconduct
Improper inducement of benefits or financial aid.
Fraud
The intentional misrepresentation or concealment of information in order to deceive, mislead, or acquire something of value. A fraud is an intentional deception perpetrated to secure an unfair gain.
Improper Disclosure of Financial Records
Careless, unlawful or fraudulent conduct in recording, preparing, reporting, disclosing of either the value or the content of a contract, report, statement, document, record, or electronic file.
Improper Gift Giving or Receiving of Gifts
The giving, receiving or solicitation of items which could be reasonably interpreted as an effort to influence a business relationship or decision; items given, received or solicited for the benefit of an individual or an individual's family or friends; items given, received or solicited during or in connection with contract negotiations; the acceptance of cash, checks, money orders, vouchers, gift certificates, loans, products or services, or other similar items, to affect a business decision.
Improper Supplier or Contractor Activity
Supplier or contractor activity in violation of the university's policies and procedures; improper supplier or contractor selection based on personal gain, improper negotiation or diversion of contract awards.
Other Financial Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Research Grant Misconduct or Misappropriation of Funds
Unallowable or questionable expenditures or cost transfers to government grants, contracts or other agreements.
Theft/Embezzlement
The act of stealing; taking and removing property or assets with intent to deprive the rightful owner of it. (Examples include: misappropriation of funds or cash, taking university assets)
Waste, Abuse or Misuse of University Resources
Improper or unauthorized use of this university's resources and technologies for personal gain.
Healthcare Compliance
- Conflicts of interest, HIPAA, and all other healthcare matters.
Conflict of Interest - Healthcare
A conflict between the professional or personal interests and needs of a health care provider and his or her professional responsibilities toward a patient or other consumer (financial gain based on a particular outcome or use of one drug rather than another).
HIPAA
Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Requires the protection and confidential handling of protected health information.
Other Healthcare Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Human Resources
- Confidentiality, conflicts of interest, employee benefit abuse, employee misconduct, and all other human resources matters.
Confidentiality
Confidentiality refers to the protection of the university's students', employees' and customer's non public information and use of such information only for legitimate business purposes.
Conflict of Interest - Human Resources
A situation in which a person or a family member has a financial interest or non financial interest that may compromise, or provide the incentive to compromise, the behavior in the conduct of the person's duties at the university, the person's influence on decisions that the university may make, or the person's influence over his or her associates outside the university. A conflict of interest may be real, potential or apparent.
Employee Benefits Abuses
Improper, misleading or deceptive actions/statements, falsification of records, misrepresentation of actual conditions related to institutional benefit plans, including health and supplemental insurance plans, tuition benefits and sick or other paid-time off programs.
Employee Misconduct
Conduct in violation of university policies and procedures.
Other Human Resource Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Public Safety
Do not use this site to report events presenting an immediate threat to life or property. Reports submitted through this service may not receive an immediate response. If you require emergency assistance, please contact your local authorities immediately.
Threat/Inappropriate Supervisor Directive
Improper use of supervisory authority in response to employee taking action or refusing to take action. Inappropriate management practices.
Time Abuse
Improper and/or excessive use of work time for personal business, interest, advantage, or gain.
Worker's Compensation or Disability Benefits Abuse
Observation of physical activity of employees receiving disability or other compensation benefits from the institution in contradiction to the degree of the disability alleged by the employee and/or by medical personnel.
Information Technology
- Data privacy, inappropriate use of technology, misuse of resources, software piracy, and all other information technology matters.
Data Privacy/Integrity
Refers to the technical, contractual, administrative and physical steps taken by the university to protect against unauthorized access to and disclosure of personally identifiable data of students, faculty, staff and other third parties that it possesses.
Malicious/Inappropriate Use of Technology
Use of university's information technology that violates the Acceptable Use of Information Technology Resources Policy.
Misuse of Resources
Improper or unauthorized use of university resources for personal gain.
Other Information Technology Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Social Media
Use of social media (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, YouTube) to intimidate, bully or harass others.
Software Piracy/Intellectual Property Infringement
Unauthorized use of university owned copyrights or software; also includes the use of unauthorized software on university owned systems.
Intercollegiate Athletics
NCAA compliance, rules violation issues, hazing, sports wagering, and other athletic matters of concern.
Research
- Conflicts of interest, grant misconduct, research misconduct, and all other research matters.
Conflict of Interest - Research
Exists when a researcher has a significant financial interest that could compromise the design, conduct, or reporting of a research project.
Grant Misconduct
Unallowable or questionable expenditures or cost transfers to government grants, contracts, or other agreements.
Other Research Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Research Misconduct
Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism, or other practices that seriously deviate from those that are commonly accepted within the scientific community for proposing, conducting, or reporting research. It does not include honest error or honest differences in interpretations or judgments of data.
Risk and Safety
- Abuse of minors, environmental matters, sabotage/vandalism, unsafe working conditions and other risk and safety matters.
Abuse of Minors
All persons have a responsibility to report to the UI Department of Public Safety at 319-335-5022 when you suspect or believe that a minor is abused (including sexual abuse), is neglected or needs assistance.
Environmental/Safety
Failure to meet the requirements of any applicable law, rule or regulation relating to the environment, working conditions or workplace safety, including, without limitation, regulations promulgated by the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and similar agencies in other jurisdictions. Includes a failure to inform supervisors of the failure to meet the requirements.
Other Risk and Safety Matters
Other matters of concern not specifically outlined above.
Public Safety
Do not use this site to report events presenting an immediate threat to life or property. Reports submitted through this service may not receive an immediate response. If you require emergency assistance, please contact your local authorities immediately.
Sabotage/Vandalism
Destruction of university's property (as tools or materials). (Examples include: Equipment destruction, stealing, work slowdown, computer virus)
Unsafe Working Conditions
Failure to meet requirements needed to perform all duties in a safe and secure environment. Potential areas of harm. (Examples include: environmental damage, OSHA, EPA, supervisor directive, poor housekeeping)
Violence/Threat
An expression of the intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage to a person or their property.
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