Ethics Awareness Week

exterior of the Dr. James "Earl" Perry Building

Integrity, Excellence, Accountability, and Respect.

Learn more about our core values during Ethics Awareness Week.

November 2-8, 2026

Watch the 2026 Ethics Week Kickoff Video

Kickoff Video Transcript

Ethics Week Trivia Game

Winners will be chosen daily during Ethics Awareness Week. 

Play the Ethics Week Trivia Game!

The University System of Georgia (USG) and the University of West Georgia (UWG) are committed to the highest ethical and professional standards of conduct. This commitment is highlighted through Ethics Awareness Week.

In support of this effort, UWG will be hosting activities to build upon our ethical culture by promoting activities related to our system-wide shared core values of integrity, excellence, accountability, and respect.

Message from the President

 

Ethics Awareness Week schedule of events:

 

Ethics Awareness Week Best Practices Panel
The Next Chapter: Ethical Leadership in an Innovation Era

USG will host an Ethics & Compliance Best Practices Virtual Panel discussion with Chuck Gallagher (Author, Business Ethics & AI Ethics Speaker) and Dr. Jermaine Whirl (President, Savannah State University)

WHEN: Friday, Nov. 6th, @ 10:00 am.

WHERE: Virtual (JOIN the Panel Event)

Ethics Week Prize Cab

Want to take a ride on the Ethics Week Prize Cab? Meet us in the Grassy Triangle for a ride around campus while you answer ethics-related trivia and be rewarded for correct answers with a prize.

The Prize Cab will pick up participants daily from 12 until 2 p.m. 

USG Ethics Awareness Week Virtual Presentation
When Judgment Matters: Ethics and Leadership in the Real World

Presenter: The Honorable Harold D. Melton (Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Georgia Special Advisor, College of Law/Georgia State University)

WHEN: Monday, Nov. 2nd, 10-11am

WHERE: Virtual (Link to JOIN LIVE)

Reporting Hotline

Report concerns you may have with the:

Ethics and Compliance Reporting Hotline

877-516-3466