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Ethics Awareness Week will return to the University of North Georgia (°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾) from Nov. 4 -10, starting with University System of Georgia (USG) Chancellor Sonny Perdue highlighting a commitment to the highest standards of accountability and transparency on each of the 26 USG institutions.  

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ has participated since USG created the week over a decade ago.  

The Chancellor's Panel event will be held at 10 a.m. on Nov. 4 as °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ seeks to bring awareness to the importance of an ethical culture and to recognize and promote the institutional values of student-focus, integrity, excellence, service, and engagement.  

"We strive to promote an ethical culture here at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾," Jill Holman, director of internal audit, said. "We truly aim to be ethical all year long, but we've set aside this week to continue our efforts of making the °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ community aware and mindful of ethical behavior."  

Ethics Week events include:   

• , Nov. 4, 10-11 a.m.  

• , Nov. 6, noon 

• , Nov. 8, 10 a.m.  

• Ethics Training for all USG employees in Percipio  

In addition to Ethics Week, °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ will host and compete in the 2024 Regional Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl on Nov. 9 at °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾'s Gainesville Campus. The bowl is a debate-style competition around 15 regional cases published annually in September. This event will include 16 schools, with 20 teams and over 150 students. 

"Ethics Bowl creates an environment each year to discuss some of the nation's top ethical challenges among our students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community leaders. It promotes critical thinking and a civil way to have difficult conversations that challenge, benefit and provide growth for us all," Dr. Rose Procter, TRUIST Center for Ethical Leadership director, said.  

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ has hosted the competition since 2017 in partnership with the Association for Practical and Professional Ethics.  

°ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¹Ù·½ÍøÕ¾ student Jessica Foster, who is pursuing a degree in interdisciplinary studies from Peachtree City, Georgia, and has placed at the national competition, shared this will be her third year competing, and she is looking forward to the challenge.

"The Ethics Bowl is truly unique," Foster said. "It is difficult to explain just how hard it is to prepare for and compete in. In my career, I've spoken at conferences in front of hundreds of people, I've sat for depositions in class-action lawsuits, and I've interacted with federal legislators and regulators. Competing in the Ethics Bowl is more difficult than all of those."