History

The Ethical Expectations materials provide frameworks for each of the seven expectations to standards outlined in the Montgomery College Code of Ethics, Policy and Procedure 31000–Code of Ethics and Employee Conduct.

This work is grounded in one of the 2018 recommendations from the Ombuds: “Commit to identifying and operationalizing concrete ways to achieve the purpose of the Code of Ethics and Employee Conduct to ensure that all employees uphold the ethical standards within the Code by convening a group of stakeholders to brainstorm and make decisions on this matter.”

This recommendation was adopted with modification by the Acting President, and a workgroup of employee stakeholders was convened in spring 2019 and tasked with collaborating to explore each expectation:
“The group’s charge is to refine the ethical standards as articulated in the relevant policy and procedure, make them measurable, reviewing existing policies, procedures, and practices that hold employees accountable for one or more of the stated ethical standards, and find additional ways to embed the ethical standards within the Montgomery College culture.”

This workgroup discussed and refined each expectation, including developing representative observable behaviors, warning signs of problematic behavior, resources, and scenarios.
Acknowledgements
Sincere appreciation is extended to the Ethical Expectations Workgroup (2019).