Legal Issues
Preventing Harassment & Discrimination - Issues, Consequences, and Reporting Procedures
Office of the Vice Dean for Faculty, Caroline Laguerre-Brown,Director, Equity Compliance and Education, Office of Institutional Equity.
The School of Medicine, in cooperation with the university's Office of Institutional Equity, is providing harassment prevention training for all faculty.
The 2005 Committee on Faculty Development and Gender report revealed that 20 percent of the school of medicine female faculty reported having experienced sexual harassment at Hopkins.
In response, Dean Edward Miller has set the expectation that all faculty will be brought up to date on the issues of sexual and other harassment, the consequences of engaging in this unwelcome and unlawful conduct, and reporting procedures.
***Next Session will be offered at the New Faculty Orientation on Tuesday, October 13, 2009 @ 11:30am***
To view the Preventing Harassment Training from Fall 2006 click on
http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/fac_development/video/sexualharrassment_laguerre-brown.wmv
The 2005 Committee on Faculty Development and Gender report revealed that 20% of the JHUSOM female faculty reported having experienced sexual harassment at Hopkins. In response, Dean Miller has set the expectation that all faculty will be brought up-to-date on the issues of sexual harassment, the consequences of engaging in this unwelcome and unlawful conduct, and reporting procedures. The School of Medicine in cooperation with the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Programs is providing departmental trainings and school-wide general training sessions on sexual harassment for all faculty.
Sexual Harassment Training:Online Training
To complete the Online training go to: http://web.jhu.edu/administration/jhuoie/resources/online-training.html. It is the responsibility of all faculty members to ensure that they complete at least one form of sexual harassment training.
You may print out the Sexual Harassment Training Certificate and complete it to attest that you have taken one or more forms of sexual harassment training since 2006.
Ethical Issues
For All Johns Hopkins University Polices Go To: http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/
JHU President's Office:
One of the hallmarks of a great university is the integrity with which its faculty and staff conduct their research, teaching, service, clinical care and other activities. In pursuing knowledge for the world and serving our communities, we set high ethical standards in order to earn and retain the trust of our constituents and the public we serve. I ask that you become familiar with several important policies, listed below, that guide our conduct and promote integrity and ethical standards in all that we do.
The university's Statement of Ethical Standards, as revised and reissued annually, guides the professional conduct of all administrators, faculty and staff. The most recent version of that statement is online here:
http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/ethical.html
The statement requires compliance with all applicable federal, state and local laws as well as university policies. Please carefully review the statement; you are expected to observe diligently the standards it outlines.
All employees must disclose and obtain approval from a supervisor whenever an employee's relationship to an outside party might appear to influence the conduct of university business including, but not limited to, research. The relevant policy is available here: http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/coi.html
* Acceptance of gifts:Employees may not accept gifts and entertainment that might influence a decision or compromise judgment, or any benefits whose value exceeds $100 from an existing or potential vendor where the employee has authority or influence over university business decisions affecting the vendor. The relevant policy is available here: http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/ethical.html
* Institutional conflicts of interest:The financial interests of the university and of its institutional officials must not compromise the integrity of research or unduly influence decisions at Johns Hopkins. A university committee of faculty and administrators has drafted a policy on institutional conflicts of interest. Initially, we intend to apply the policy to human subjects research and certain other contracts that pose unique potential for institutional conflicts. The draft policy is available here: http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/institutional-coi.html
Details of final language, implementation, and timing will be forthcoming.
Officers, trustees, directors, employees and agents of Johns Hopkins are prohibited from receiving anything of more than nominal value from a lending institution in connection with university business. This and other prohibitions are part of the university's Financial Aid Code of Conduct. The code is available here:
http://www.jhu.edu/news_info/policy/finaid_code.html?* Related conflict of interest policies:Several university divisions and units have additional conflict of interest policies that apply to their activities (e.g., purchasing policies, IRB policies and divisional policies for research). Please check with your supervisor or with the appropriate office in your division or unit for details.
* Laws and policies relating to detecting and preventing fraud, waste and abuse in federal health care programs:
The university's policy is set forth at: http://hrnt.jhu.edu/elr/pol-man/documents/Preventing_Fraud_Waste_and_Abuse_1.pdf
Johns Hopkins was founded for the betterment of human life and is funded largely through philanthropy and public support. Everything we do rests on our reputation for integrity. We all, therefore, have a responsibility to conduct ourselves and the university's business in an ethical manner. In addition to complying with applicable laws and policies, it is important that you never hesitate to come forward if something does not seem right to you. If you have knowledge of, or suspect, unethical or illegal behavior, call the Johns Hopkins Compliance line at 1-877-932-6675 (1-877-WE-COMPLY).
