Employees’ Guide to Completion of Ethics Reform Law Education and Training Requirements

The Ethics Reform Law requires that the College provide each of its employees a summary of the Conflict of Interest Law prepared by the Massachusetts State Ethics Commission each year. The Ethics Reform Law also requires that College employees complete the State Ethics Commission’s online Conflict of Interest training program every two years. All employees must complete this training within 30 days of becoming a College employee, and then once every two years thereafter.

Step 1: Obtain and Review the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law

After you enter read the Summary of the Conflict of Interest Law for State Employees . You must acknowledge receipt of the summary by either return e-mail to humanresources [at] qcc.mass.edu () or by printing a hard copy of the "Acknowledgement of Receipt" at the end of the summary, signing it, and returning it to Human Resources..

Step 2: Complete the Conflict of Interest Law Online Training

http://www.stateprog.eth.state.ma.us/ 

Adjust the audio on your computer to the preferred volume, and/or utilize headphones. Review the contents of Page 1 of the training, then click the blue arrow button (“When you are ready to proceed, click the next arrow button”) at the bottom right-hand corner of the page to proceed to the next page of the Conflict of Interest Law Online Training.

Tip#1: Use the scroll bar on the right side of the training window if you can’t see the advance arrow on the bottom of the training content window.

Tip #2: Be sure to turn off pop-up blockers.

The training will provide information pertaining to 7 topics, which are identified on the left-side of the page. After you review each page of the training, continue to click the blue arrow button at the bottom right-hand corner of each page of the training to proceed to the next page of the training.

Step 3: Complete the Learning Assessment

After completing the portion of the training that provides information on the Conflict of Interest Law, you must complete the Learning Assessment. To begin, click the Appointed Employee Assessment button. Next, proceed to answer Questions 1-10 of the Learning Assessment.

Tip #3: At the beginning of the Learning Assessment, the window may appear blank. While the narrator speaks more information on the screen fills in. At the bottom of the window you can see the narration progressing and the Appointed Employee Assessment button will appear.

NOTE: If you click Cancel during the assessment:

• You will exit the assessment (Your answers will not be saved!) 
• Review the course material (using the Contents menu to jump to desired topics) 
• Take the assessment again

Step 4:  Request Course Credit

After successfully completing the Learning Assessment, request course credit by clicking the button on the right-hand side of the page that says “Course Credit.” 

After clicking the “Course Credit” button, your completion of the Conflict of Interest training will be recorded and maintained in Blackboard. Clicking the “Course Credit” button will automatically notify the College that you completed the Conflict of Interest training. Please be aware that, after clicking the “Course Credit” button, you will not receive any notification on the screen indicating that your completion of the training was recorded. If you have any concerns that Blackboard did not process your course credit, please contact Darcy Orellana in Human Resources.

You will not need to take the Conflict of Interest training again until 2 years from the date of completion of the training

STEP 5:  Print a Course Completion Certificate

After clicking the “Course Credit” button, you may print out a course completion certification for your records. Click on the “Print Certificate” button to proceed to the page to create and print the certificate.

If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Schavrien, Human Resources Generalist, via phone at 508.854.2861or via email at jschavrien [at] qcc.mass.edu.