What to do if I suspect that a coworker, a supervisor or an university contractor is violating a law, committing fraud or an act of gross mismanagement of public funds or neglect of duty (or if I am being retaliated against for reporting these acts)

All FGCU unit administrators are responsible for displaying a positive, appropriate attitude toward compliance with laws, rules, and regulations; establishing and maintaining proper internal controls to provide for the security and accountability of university resources; be aware of the symptoms of fraudulent or other wrongful acts and respond to all allegations or indications of such acts

FGCU’s employees can make a complaint about a violation or suspected violation of any federal, state, or local law or rule which presents a substantial and specific danger to the public's health, safety, or welfare or any act or suspected act of gross mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance, gross waste of public resources or gross neglect of duty.

FGCU’s employees shall not dismiss, discipline, take any other adverse personnel action that affects the rights or interests of a person in retaliation for the person's filing a WB complaint. This does not apply when the employee discloses information known by the employee to be false.

Whistle-blower complaints must be forwarded to the university's Inspector General (IG) for investigation. For more information go to (http://itech.fgcu.edu/general/complain.htm#WBInvestigations)

Even if the situation you are facing does not fit the criteria for whistle blower, you have a right to resolve it. It may be this is a workplace conflict that can be resolved using other tools provided by FGCU’s Conflict Management System (click here ).

In any case, you can always request a confidential meeting with the Ombudsman Office (click here to send e-mail)