Content written by Lindsay Ellis and published by The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Extracted Content: More than 1,200 employees said they did not believe the actions of the Georgia Institute of Technology’s leadership always aligned with its stated values — and more than 500 said they felt their supervisor did not engage in ethical business practices. Several hundred said they feared that nepotism played a role in promotion and advancement.
The newly released survey findings suggest a level of distrust that exceeds the realm of an ethics scandal that shook the campus last summer. Georgia Tech had discovered that four employees had improper relationships with vendors, wasted university time, and insufficiently disclosed conflicts of interest. The four employees were all supervisors, and one was an executive vice president. Each was fired or resigned after the revelations.