- Ethics and Compliance Office
- Requirements and Forms
- Compliance Training
Compliance Training
The Ethics and Compliance Office collaborates with other departments on campus to provide required training for new employees and annual refresher training for all employees.
New Hire Training
Employees who are within 30 days of starting their new job at NIU are required to complete ethics, discrimination and harassment prevention, and sexual misconduct awareness training. This training is provided to new employees in onboarding and is available below (if not completed within onboarding).
Access Training Verification Form
The verification form is sent to the Ethics Office upon completion. If you have questions or need accommodations, contact Karen Smith at ethicstraining@niu.edu.
All employees are also encouraged to save the training document so they have the information readily available in the event a question pops up.
Annual Ethics Training
On an annual basis and in partnership with the Division of Information Technology and Academic Diversity Equity and Inclusion, the Ethics and Compliance Office provides NIU employees with annual ethics, discrimination and harassment prevention, sexual misconduct awareness and cybersecurity awareness training, Your employment category determines if you're required to complete all or some of the training (for example, student employees are not required to complete cybersecurity awareness training).
The completion of the training is required by the state of Illinois the Office of Executive Inspector General oversees compliance with this requirement. If you don't comply, you'll be reported to the state and receive a notification from the university. You may also be subject to fines and disciplinary action if training is not completed.
Employees are notified of the training requirement via email along with login instructions for Blackboard. The annual training are generally administered during October and will be open for about 30 days for completion.
