Chancellor Carol Folt announced Thursday the university would be creating the new position of Chief Integrity and Policy Officer.

After the release of the Wainstein Report in October, 2014, Folt commissioned two working groups, Ethics and Integrity Working Group and the Policy and Procedures Working Group.

“Both groups conducted extensive reviews and confirmed that the campus already has in place a strong array of programs and resources related to ethics and integrity,” she said in a release. “They did not identify any significant gaps in programs, resources, or reporting mechanisms.”

The idea of creating the new position came from a joint recommendation from these groups.

“This person would serve as the University’s lead for policy management practices that underlie our ethics and integrity efforts,” Folt said.

The Chief Integrity Officer will report directly to the chancellor.

Folt said she hopes to have the position filled by June, 2016.