Ethics Awareness

Promoting Accountability & Transparency

The University System of Georgia (USG) has a commitment to ethical culture and our system-wide shared values of integrity, excellence, accountability, and respect serving as the foundation for our daily work.

Annually, the USG highlights its ethical culture through a weeklong Ethics Awareness Week (EAW) campaign, which typically runs in November.

Ethics Awareness Week 2026

This schedule is still developing and more details will be added as announced.

Date / Time	Activity	Info
Monday, November 2 10 - 11 a.m.	USG Chancellor’s Event	Chancellor Perdue will be welcome the honorable Harold Melton, former Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Georgia and recent faculty for the College of Law atGeorgia State University.
Monday, November 2	USG Employee Ethics Training	�鶹��Ƶ Human Resources launches annual training on ethics. All employees of the university are required to complete this online, 30-minute training during the month of November.
Tuesday, November 3 2- 3:15 p.m.		Speaker: Tony Ferguson
Wednesday, November 4 Noon - 1 p.m.	�鶹��Ƶ Ethicslive Trivia	Planned prizes for winners include: A one-year reserved parking space on their home campus GTA tickets and Nighthawk gear Item from the 1873 Shop Tickets for the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway Tickets for Magical Nights of Lights at Lake Lanier Islands. Dinner for two at several restaurants. Tickets to The Collection at Forsyth AMC Theatres. The event will also feature an ESPN-style commentary, providing live insights.
Friday, November 6 10 - 11 a.m.	USG Ethics & Compliance Best Practices Virtual Panel on "The Next Chapter: Ethical Leadership in an Innovation Era"	A virtual panel discussion will feature Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President of Savannah State University; Chuck Gallagher, Author, Business Ethics and AI speaker and Vice President for a National Company; and Wesley Horne, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Ethics and Compliance and Chief Ethics Officer for the USG.
Saturday, November 7 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.	�鶹��Ƶ Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl	20 universities will compete using the Regional Ethics Bowl cases through the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), with top teams earning a place at the National Ethics Bowl competition. Come to the Gainesville campus and join us in discussing some of our national ethical dilemmas and working alongside regional students.

Date / Time

Activity

Info

Monday, November 2

10 - 11 a.m.

USG Chancellor’s Event

Chancellor Perdue will be welcome the honorable Harold Melton, former Chief Justice for the Supreme Court of Georgia and recent faculty for the College of Law atGeorgia State University.

Monday, November 2

USG Employee Ethics Training

�鶹��Ƶ Human Resources launches annual training on ethics. All employees of the university are required to complete this online, 30-minute training during the month of November.

Tuesday, November 3

2- 3:15 p.m.

Speaker: Tony Ferguson

Wednesday, November 4

Noon - 1 p.m.

�鶹��Ƶ Ethicslive Trivia

Planned prizes for winners include:

A one-year reserved parking space on their home campus
GTA tickets and Nighthawk gear
Item from the 1873 Shop
Tickets for the Blue Ridge Scenic Railway
Tickets for Magical Nights of Lights at Lake Lanier Islands.
Dinner for two at several restaurants.
Tickets to The Collection at Forsyth AMC Theatres.

The event will also feature an ESPN-style commentary, providing live insights.

Friday, November 6

10 - 11 a.m.

USG Ethics & Compliance Best Practices Virtual Panel on "The Next Chapter: Ethical Leadership in an Innovation Era"

A virtual panel discussion will feature Dr. Jermaine Whirl, President of Savannah State University; Chuck Gallagher, Author, Business Ethics and AI speaker and Vice President for a National Company; and Wesley Horne, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Ethics and Compliance and Chief Ethics Officer for the USG.

Saturday, November 7

7 a.m. - 10 p.m.

�鶹��Ƶ Mid-Atlantic Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl

20 universities will compete using the Regional Ethics Bowl cases through the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE), with top teams earning a place at the National Ethics Bowl competition.

Come to the Gainesville campus and join us in discussing some of our national ethical dilemmas and working alongside regional students.