The Unique Hotline Needs of Higher Education
Ethics compliance within the higher education setting
is a tremendous challenge. A large university needs
to learn about issues like research misconduct, athletic
eligibility and medical data privacy, in addition
to issues like fraud and harassment.
Regulations like the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, the
Health Insurance Portability and Privacy Act and
OMB Circular A-21 have increased the need for colleges
and universities to communicate about ethics and
to take steps to uncover violations. Leading institutions
are increasingly turning to centralized outsourced
hotlines as a best practice.
Secure, accurate, up-to-the-minute information is
critical to every college and university. Whether
you’re handling financial audits, overseeing
HIPAA compliance or ensuring NCAA requirements are
met, your success depends on the ability to quickly
get actionable information to the right people so
they can investigate an allegation.
Ethics Hotline Expertise
Large corporations, like colleges and universities,
recognize need to protect their organizations from
a variety of risks. A hotline from The Network can
be the frontline for discovering and managing these
risks.
Nearly half of Fortune 500 companies rely on The
Network for reporting services because of the consistently
high quality of the information we provide. These
companies know they can depend on our powerful technology
and service to rapidly deliver thorough reports to
the right people, so they can respond appropriately.
Get Real Results
The Network’s Higher Education hotline helps
you take a proactive approach to deterring and detecting
ethics violations across all areas. We will leverage
our resources and technology to help you:
- Uncover issues that threaten the reputation of
your institution
- Expand your hotline coverage to offer live, 24/7
response
- Give staff and students an anonymous option for
reporting concerns.
- Enhance communication between your students,
faculty, staff and the administration
- Improve your employee training and educational
materials.
- Centralize multiple hotlines into a single convenient
point of contact.
- Speed up your response time and improve efficiency.
- Comply with AICPA recommendation that all organizations
offer a hotline
No matter how complex your institution’s needs
may be, ReportLine from The Network helps you collect
vital information and manage sensitive issues.
College & University
Auditor: More Than Just Talk: Hotlines
Colleges and universities are uniquely complex organizations
with vulnerability to fraud and other unethical behavior.
The good news for internal auditors is that institutions
of higher education are increasingly adopting hotlines,
a tool that has proven its value in law enforcement
and in corporate America. Read
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