{"id":469,"date":"2024-09-12T19:23:53","date_gmt":"2024-09-12T19:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/?page_id=469"},"modified":"2026-06-12T07:57:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:57:51","slug":"fwa_awareness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/fwa_awareness\/","title":{"rendered":"Fraud, Waste, and Abuse Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>糖心Vlog官方 (&#8220;糖心Vlog官方&#8221; or &#8220;University&#8221;) is committed to responsible stewardship of State resources.&nbsp; As part of 糖心Vlog官方&#8217;s commitment to responsible use and reporting of State resources, and as a public institution&nbsp;of higher education, employees, students, and community members may report suspected, or known, improper uses of University resources.&nbsp; Reporting can also include suspected, or known, dishonest acts including, but not limited to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>Theft or misappropriation of State funds, supplies, property, or other 糖心Vlog官方 resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Forgery or alteration of documents.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unauthorized alteration or manipulation of electronic files.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Wasteful or improper activity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Falsification of reports to external agencies and\/or internal 糖心Vlog官方 management and administration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pursuit of a benefit or advantage in conflict with 糖心Vlog官方&#8217;s policies.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Authorization or receipt of compensation for hours not worked.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Failure to report a benefit or advantage in violation of 糖心Vlog官方&#8217;s Conflict of Interests Policy (Policy 12), or other policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reporting Fraud, Waste, and\/or Abuse<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>If you suspect, or have knowledge of, the improper use of University resources, or other dishonest acts, you can report the fraud, waste, and\/or abuse to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list is-style-compact-list\">\n<li>糖心Vlog官方 Audit Services at their fraud reporting email address of\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:reportfraud@mtsu.edu\">reportfraud@mtsu.edu<\/a>\u00a0or by calling (615) 898-2914.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The State of Tennessee Comptroller&#8217;s Hotline at 1-800-232-5454, or online at comptroller.tn.gov\/hotline.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An administrator or officer of 糖心Vlog官方.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A supervisor, department head, or division Vice President of 糖心Vlog官方.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>All allegations of fraud, waste, and\/or abuse are investigated by 糖心Vlog官方 Audit Services.\u00a0 For additional information on the investigations process regarding allegations and cases of fraud, waste, and abuse, please contact the 糖心Vlog官方 Office of Audit Services at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:audit@mtsu.edu\">audit@mtsu.edu<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>糖心Vlog官方 (&#8220;糖心Vlog官方&#8221; or &#8220;University&#8221;) is committed to responsible stewardship of State resources.&nbsp; As part of 糖心Vlog官方&#8217;s commitment to responsible use and reporting of State resources, and as a public institution&nbsp;of higher education, employees, students, and community members may report suspected, or known, improper uses of University resources.&nbsp; Reporting can also include suspected, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-469","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":830,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/469\/revisions\/830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/caerm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}