Purpose
of Portrait of Integrity
This booklet, Portrait of Integrity, is the UTMB Standards
of Conduct Guide. Its purpose is to communicate to all UTMB employees
and students an expectation and requirement of ethical conduct
and compliance with all applicable laws, policies, rules, and
regulations. Ethical conduct and compliance is a personal responsibility,
and every employee will be held accountable for his or her conduct.
The UTMB Standards of Conduct Guide is a framework within which
we are expected to operate. The UTMB Standards of Conduct Guide
represents policies of UTMB, the University of Texas System, and
the Rules and Regulations of the Board of Regents of the University
of Texas System, known as Regents’ Rules and Regulations.
The Regents’ Rules and Regulations may be accessed via the
Internet at http://www3.utsystem.edu/bor/tocrrr.htm.
The policies of the University of Texas Medical Branch are in
the UTMB Institutional Handbook of Operating Procedures (IHOP).
These policies may be accessed via the Internet at http://www.utmb.edu/policy/ihop/.
This booklet does not include all general compliance issues, nor
does it contain the special compliance issues that are job specific.
Instead, the UTMB Standards of Conduct Guide should be regarded
as a set of guiding principles that apply to everything we do.
The UTMB Standards of Conduct Guide applies to all UTMB employees,
including administration, faculty, fellows, residents, and students.
Moreover, the Standards of Conduct Guide is applicable to physicians
not employed by UTMB but serving on UTMB Hospitals medical staff
as well as subcontractors, independent contractors, vendors, and
consultants.
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The
UTMB Compliance Plan
UTMB has developed a comprehensive compliance plan. The purpose
of the plan is to promote compliance with all applicable legal
and regulatory requirements, foster and help ensure ethical conduct,
and provide education, training, and guidance to all employees
and faculty. The plan is designed to prevent accidental or intentional
noncompliance with applicable laws and regulations; to detect
such noncompliance, if it occurs; to appropriately discipline
those involved in noncompliant behavior; and to prevent future
noncompliance. You may access the UTMB Institutional Compliance
Plan at the following web address: http://www2.utmb.edu/compliance/.
Questions about specific ethical or compliance issues should
be directed to your supervisor, the UTMB Compliance Office, or
the UTMB Ethics Officer. You may contact these individuals
at the following phone numbers. |
The
first full professors of the University of Texas Medical Branch
at Galveston; photograph taken in 1895.