After moving at what Chancellor Carol Folt called “rocket speed,” UNC has launched a new Ethics and Integrity website to help offer guidance to members of the Carolina community.

“It’s a tool that will consolidate all of the information that we have on resources, programs and policies that deal with ethics and integrity,” Folt said at the Board of Trustees meeting last Thursday.

Folt said the goal of the website was to streamline understanding of the many policies that govern different facets of the university and to allow for a one-stop shop of sorts for any faculty members with concerns.

“One of the goals is to consolidate those [university policies] too and to eliminate redundancies,” Folt said, “make it easier and make it more effective for people.”

Folt announced in February that the university would be creating a new position, Chief Integrity and Policy Officer. She followed that by announcing the intention to launch the new website at the board’s meeting in March.

Folt said she was pleased with steps the university is continuing to take following the visit from SACS, the school’s accrediting body, last month.

“We continue to do everything that we possibly can to make [UNC] a strong place,” Folt said. “I think part of the SACS visit was a good opportunity for us to continue to look at what we’re doing, assess it [and] prepare ourselves for questions.

“That gives you a chance to do self reflection.”

UNC has been on probation with SACS over the last year following the Wainstein Report’s investigation into the long-running paper-class scandal at the university.

“We just keep doing all of those things and answering all of the questions and feel pretty strong about what we are and how we’re going about our business,” Folt said when asked about the university’s positioning with SACS.

The SACS board will gather next month for its semiannual meeting. At that time, the board is expected to vote on UNC’s standing. SACS could restore the university’s status, keep the school on probation or revoke its accreditation – although a full removal does not seem to be expected.

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