Education Compliance

Governance, Risk & Compliance Solutions for Education

People charged with leading educational institutions face tough challenges and often serve “many masters.” They must work hard to maintain the trust of students, faculty, alumni and benefactors. Strict governmental mandates regulate what they must do to protect the privacy and safety of their students and employees, receive research grants and provide healthcare on their land. And they are held to an extremely high ethical standard, as the stewards of their institutions intellectual and material resources.

EthicsPoint has a distinguished track record of helping educational institutions ensure a safe environment and culture of ethics and compliance while mitigating risk across their operations. Over 400 universities, K-12 and other educational entities utilize EthicsPoint to help them address risk in areas such as:

Financial: Accounting/Auditing; Falsification of contracts/reports; fraud; Improper Giving; Theft/Embezzlement, etc.

Research: Conflict of Interest, Data Privacy, Environmental and Safety Matters, Scientific Misconduct

Human Resources: Bias; Discrimination/Harassment; EEOC or ADA matters, Time Abuse, Unsafe Working conditions, etc.

Risk & Safety: Environmental Safety; Confidentiality; Data Privacy; Sabotage/Vandalism, etc.

Medical: Healthcare Fraud; Sponsored Project Non-Compliance; HIPAA; Patient Safety, etc.

Information Technology: Data Privacy; Malicious/Inappropriate Use of Tech; Software Piracy; Theft, etc.

Student & Academic: Alcohol/Drug Abuse; Bias; Cheating/Plagiarism; Hazing; Harassment; Student safety, etc.

Athletics: Improper Giving/Gifts; Scholarship/Financial Aid misconduct; Misuse of Assets/Players/Endorsements, etc.

At EthicsPoint, our expertise in the Education market enables our customers to custom-tailor our solution to their internal processes. Our clients gain unprecedented insights into campus-wide code of conduct breaches and potential risks, as well as increased transparency throughout the organization.

EthicsPoint is endorsed by the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA).

For more information, contact our education experts today.