NIH requiring Behavioral Codes of Conduct for NIH Award Recipients

NIH requiring Behavioral Codes of Conduct for NIH Award Recipients.  You don’t have to submit a plan or create a plan. Just refer to the University of Michigan's Standard Practice Guide (SPG) relevant policies:

• U-M SPG 201.89 - Discrimination and Harassment
• U-M SPG 605.01 - Safety, Health, and Environmental Policy
• U-M SPG 201.97 - Supervisor Employee Relationships
• U-M SPG 406.01 - Student Counseling Services
• U-M SPG 601.89 - Policy on Sexual and Gender-Based Misconduct
• U-M SPG 201.35 - Non-Discrimination
• U-M SPG 601.90 - Protection from Retaliation
• U-M SPG 201.96 - Professional Standards for Faculty
• U-M SPG 201.14 - Employee Assistance Programs – Faculty and Staff Counseling & Consultation Office & the Michigan Medicine Office of Counseling and Workplace Resilience
• U-M SPG 601.16 - Electronic Access to Potentially Offensive Materials
• U-M SPG 601.22-1 - Employee-Student Relationships
• U-M SPG 201.12 - Discipline

Consistent with longstanding federal regulations (45 CFR 75.303), institutions receiving NIH support will now be required to have internal controls to assure compliance with terms and conditions of award. These internal controls include behavioral codes of conduct to assure safe and healthful working conditions for their employees and foster work environments conducive to high-quality research.
Behavioral codes of conduct are integral to meeting this expectation. A recipient’s codes of conduct will assure their compliance with terms and conditions of award.