The University System of Georgia has announced a new Ethics Policy that applies to all Georgia Tech employees. All employees are required to login to our Institute training system and complete a fifteen-minute online training module on the new policy.
To comply with the USG policy, it is expected that all faculty and staff complete the necessary training and certification requirements. To comply with federal funding authorities, all employees must be certified by the end of March so that our good standing with these funding agencies is not affected.
Login Instructions
Using a campus computer (not accessible from home unless logging in to Institute systems through Citrix). Internet Explorer and Firefox are highly recommended to successfully complete this training.
- To access the USG training module, click here to access the GT Training Registration System ("TRAINS").
- Login with your GT user ID and password (example: ab123)
- If you have previously completed training through the Office of Organizational Development, you may choose "Take a free online tutorial," update your profile information if needed, select the USG Ethics Training module, and complete your training. (Click for more detailed instructions.)
- If you haven't trained with OOD before, you will need to set up a basic profile as part of the login process. Instructions are available on the TRAINS Web site to answer any questions you may have.
- If you experience slow server times or receive an error message, please try the operation again. If you continue to experience difficulties, please contact the Office of Organizational Development at (404) 894-2249 or training@orgdev.gatech.edu.
For off-campus ONLY, please access the following URL:
You MUST take the Assessment in order to receive credit for completing the training.
Georgia Tech Code of Ethics
The Georgia Tech Code of Ethics for Business Practice is also included below. Although not a training requirement, this statement was developed with campus input in Fall 2008 and articulates the Institute's commitment to ethical business practices.
Introduction
Georgia Tech is entrusted by students, parents, taxpayers, sponsors, alumni, donors, and friends with resources and with the responsibility to fulfill our mission of education, research, public service, and economic development. This trust and responsibility require a commitment to ethical standards to assure others that our activities are executed in the best interest of those who support us and of those we serve. As an Institute, and individually as representatives of Georgia Tech, we operate with the following expected standards of conduct:
- Honesty and transparency in all of our dealings
- Respect for ourselves and each other
- Excellence in all we do
- Personal responsibility and accountability for our actions
- Integrity in our teaching, research activities, and stewardship of the resources entrusted to us
Georgia Institute of Technology Code of Ethics
The executive officers, faculty, staff, student employees, and affiliated individuals at the Georgia Institute of Technology are expected to abide by its policies and Code of Ethics, as well as any state, federal and, when applicable, international laws, in the performance of job-related duties. Specifically, we will:
- Abstain from inappropriate activities that may affect the conscientious performance of our duties or that result in illicit personal gain.
- Refuse to accept, for ourselves or our families, any favors, gifts, or privileges that might be construed by reasonable persons as influencing the performance of our assigned Institute duties.
- Behave in a manner consistent with our institutional values.
- Make no unauthorized commitments on behalf of the Institute.
- Report violations of the Georgia Tech Code of Ethics through appropriate channels.