William Shkurti Report Quotations

The primary impetus for this reporting line is to provide an additional tool to detect and investigate financial fraud.

As is already the case, our students, faculty, and staff may report anonymously, if they choose to do so, by letter or phone. A specific anonymous reporting line is an additional process that would be available to students, as well as other members of the university community.

A publicized reporting line phone number and secured Web address will be established. Individuals who choose to report a complaint over the telephone will be connected to a live operator, employed by Ethics Point, trained to solicit and log the appropriate information. As an alternative, individuals who choose to report a complaint via the Web will follow the same process except that a standardized Web-based questionnaire will be completed in place of speaking to a live operator. An appropriate university contact will be notified of the report.

Our goal is to have this up and running on Jan. 1, 2006, but we want to make sure appropriate policies are in place to protect the identity of users of the reporting line, as well as the identify of those involved in potential investigations.