Employees are expected to adhere to legal, moral, and professional standards of conduct in the fulfillment of their professional responsibilities. Each employee’s personal and professional conduct reflects on RVU, the collective profession, and higher education at large. To guide employees in setting and practicing high standards of ethical conduct, RVU embraces the values expressed in this code and advocates their observance by its employees.
RVU employees will adopt and be faithful to the following professional values:
- Integrity and Honesty
- Convey respect to self and others.
- Preserve honesty in actions and speech.
- Professionalism
- Aspire to achieve quality.
- Employees should continually enhance their own professional competence, encourage professional growth and development of colleagues.
- Minimize conflict or the appearance of conflict.
- Inclusive Excellence
- Provide fair and just treatment to all.
- Embrace forthright expression of one’s own views and tolerance for the views of others.
- Confidentiality
- Respect and protect privileged information to which they have access by virtue of their position.
- Refrain from disclosing sensitive information without proper authorization.
- Accountability
- Promote excellence in service.
- Communicate to colleagues the content of this code of ethics and strive to ensure that the standards of professional conduct contained therein are met.
- Understand and support RVU’s mission, vision, values, and policies, be capable of interpreting them within and beyond the University and contribute constructively to their ongoing evaluation and reformulation.
In discharging their duties in accordance with this code of ethics and the American Osteopathic Association Code of Ethics, RVU employees will benefit from the following work environment:
- a professional and supportive environment.
- clear, written guidance on the conditions of their employment, procedures for professional review, and a job description outlining duties and responsibilities.
- the ability to exercise judgment and perform duties without disruption and harassment within the scope of their authority and policy.
- freedom of conscience and the ability to refuse to engage in actions that violate the ethical principles contained in this code or provisions of law.