INTRODUCTION

The Employee Code of Conduct establishes expectations for all employees of Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, including administrators, faculty, staff, and student employees, whether full or part-time, temporary or unlimited.  It draws together commonly used employment-related policies and procedures, including ethics, nondiscrimination, fraud and other dishonest conduct, and more.

Each of our colleges and universities, as well as the Office of the Chancellor, is responsible for ensuring compliance by its employees with the Employee Code of Conduct. 

The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities Employee Code of Conduct was adopted as a system procedure effective July 1, 2008 and is posted online at: http://www.mnscu.edu/board/procedure/1c0p1.html. 

E-LEARNING MODULES

To assist in educating employees about the Code of Conduct, training has been developed in an e-learning format, which will be made available to each campus in D2L in October 2008.

Learning Objectives:
The purpose of the Employee Code of Conduct e-learning modules is to:

• Raise awareness about the code
• Highlight the need for good stewardship of the system’s resources
• Educate employees about their responsibilities with regards to ethics and other laws, board policies, and system procedures

Expected Outcomes of the Training:

• Reduce the risk of ethical violations within our colleges and universities
• Increase accountability by tracking and documenting employee completion of code of conduct training

CAMPUS TEAM RESOURCES

Presidents have been encouraged to assemble campus teams to enroll employees in the courses and to track participation at their institution. Below are links to sample communications and an implementation checklist that can be adapted for your use.

Sample Communications

• Letter to employees from the President (link to word document)
• Introduction e-mail (link to word document)
• Reminder e-mail (link to word document)

Implementation Checklist (link to word document)

For questions, please contact: 
Nancy Joyer, Assistant General Counsel and Compliance Coordinator
nancy.joyer@so.mnscu.edu
651-297-5705