The University of North Georgia expects that all of its employees are committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct. Part of maintaining an ethical culture is properly ...

June 26, 2025 - It has been hard to miss the headlines in recent months involving a number of high-profile, high-net worth individuals taking senior positions in the federal government. There have ...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other agencies funded by the U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) have tightened their oversight rules for federally funded research projects in order to help ...

Note: The Approval Authority for HOP policy 10.04, Conflict of Interest in Research and Intellectual Property, is the Vice President for Research, Economic Development, and Knowledge Enterprise or his ...

Royalties or other payments from licenses or other technology transfer agreements related to University intellectual property rights, when such payments are in excess of $100,000 and received within ...

Government activity is often characterized by terms not fully understood by the public. One example is “conflict of interest.” For local governments, this is defined by a single paragraph of North ...