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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Dear UCR Employees,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">As UCR’s Locally Designated Official (LDO) and Chief Compliance Officer, I am writing with UC Riverside’s annual email notification about whistleblower reporting. This email also has information
about other types of complaints and reporting avenues, and about your obligations to report certain matters.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Whistleblower Reporting.</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The University of California is committed to maintaining the highest standards of conduct in the fulfillment of its education, research, public service and patient care mission. The University’s
<a href="https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1100171/Whistleblower">Whistleblower Policy</a> provides multiple avenues for people to report potential employee misconduct. Faculty and staff are encouraged to bring forward concerns about possible improper activities
directly to their supervisor, department head, Locally Designated Official (LDO) or other appropriate University offices or officials, or to make reports through the whistleblower hotline.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The systemwide whistleblower hotline is independently-operated to receive calls or web-based reporting from faculty, staff, students or members of the public. The hotline allows for anonymous
reporting, forwarding reported concerns to appropriate University Officials for processing. This hotline is staffed seven days a week, 24 hours per day and is capable of receiving reports in a number of different languages.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Reports can be made through the web-based form at
<a href="http://universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline">http://universityofcalifornia.edu/hotline</a> or by calling 1-800-403-4744. More information about the whistleblower process can be found on the
<a href="http://www.ucop.edu/uc-whistleblower/index.html">UC Whistleblower website</a> and on posters attached to this message, which will be displayed in various employee areas. The UCR’s whistleblower poster identifies other channels for reporting improper
governmental activity, including the California State Auditor, the California Attorney General and federal whistleblower programs.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">The California Government Code requires every state agency, including the University of California, to annually distribute to its employees a message from the California State Auditor that
provides an explanation of the California Whistleblower Protection Act. Please find the 2022 message attached.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Options to Report Other Types of Issues and Complaints</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">UCR’s Help@UCR website
<a href="https://help.ucr.edu">https://help.ucr.edu</a> is an interactive site that guides you to resources and reporting avenues based on your status (for example, faculty or staff) and the type of issue (for example, sexual violence or bullying).
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Information about Reporting Obligations</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">As a UCR employee, you have an obligation to report certain matters or information, such as sexual harassment of a student or, if you are a faculty member or supervisor (for example), other types of
discrimination or harassment. These reporting obligations are summarized in the attached Mandatory Reporting poster (also available on UCR’s Chief Compliance website at
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/reporting-obligations">Reporting Obligations | Compliance (ucr.edu)</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Thank you for your attention to these important elements of our
<a href="https://compliance.ucr.edu/ethics-compliance-program">ethics and compliance program</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Kiersten <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Kiersten Boyce<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Compliance Officer<br>
Locally Designated Official<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif">University of California, Riverside<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Californian FB",serif"><a href="http://compliance.ucr.edu"><span style="color:#0563C1">http://compliance.ucr.edu</span></a>
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