Liberty Ethics Program

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to act honestly with each other, with the university, and when representing the university, and must do so in compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and university policies. However, the university’s expectation of integrity goes beyond any minimum requirements of law or policy and requires faithfulness to the university’s moral and biblical principles.

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to be honest and free from fraud or deception in their dealings on behalf of the university. Obligations of honesty and transparency apply to financial matters and records and reports of the university’s assets and transactions, and all university documents should be accurate, clear, and complete. Obligations of honesty and transparency also require correcting false or misleading statements and records, and responding fully to inquiries from investigators and auditors authorized by the university.

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to carefully steward the university’s resources, using them for the benefit of the university and in compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and also without waste or extravagance.

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to act in a manner consistent with their responsibilities to the university and to avoid circumstances where their financial or other personal ties to outside organizations could present actual or potential conflicts of interest. University resources should not be used for personal gain, and when conflicts of interest arise, they must be properly reported.

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to respect the privacy and confidentiality rights of others. Trustees, officers, and employees are required to safeguard, in compliance with applicable legal, contractual, and policy obligations, the various types of confidential information they come into possession of in the conduct of their work. This includes information that relates to students, other community members, personnel records and actions, and financial and contractual arrangements.

Trustees, officers, and employees are required to foster a culture of biblically based diversity and inclusion, showing respect for all members of our community and treating all persons with impartiality, as equals before God. Trustees, officers, and employees may not discriminate on the basis of any legally protected status applicable to Liberty University and should seek righteousness by opposing any such discrimination.

Trustees, officers, and employees must take responsibility for their own actions.