1. The personnel office of NCUE has allocated officers to handle ethics issues, including matters relating to property-declaration by public servants.

2. All NCUE faculty members and staff shall abide by the Criminal Code of the Republic of China, Anti-Corruption Act, Government Procurement Act, Act on Property-Declaration by Public Servants, Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest, and Integrity and Ethics Direction for Public Servants. On 6 November 2020, to implement the policy of corruption-free, efficient politics and publicly support its administrative decrees, NCUE held the ‘Seminar on the Act on Property Declaration by Public Servants and the Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest for the Ministry of Education and Affiliated Institutions and Schools, 2020’ (see Annex 16.2.5A, 16B). The university actively guides the obligors to make complete and truthful declarations, implements the annual property declaration by public servants, and ensures the integrity of public servants (see Annex 16.2.5C) to achieve a corruption-free, open, efficient, and high-quality school. The university provides public access channels for monitoring the government’s administration through information disclosures and administrative transparency to ensure the integrity of the public servants and improve administrative operations.

3. To effectively manage and use the R&D results of faculty members, staff, and researchers, NCUE has formulated such regulations as the Management Measures on the R&D Results and Technology Transfer of the National Changhua University of Education and the Guidelines for Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest and Information Disclosure Concerning the Use of the R&D Results of the National Changhua University of Education. Regulating the management and use of NCUE personnel’s R&D results enhances the university’s innovation atmosphere and increases its income. (See Annexes 16.2.5D and 16.2.5E for details.)

• Annex 16.2.5A Briefing on how the Control Yuan handles matters concerning the Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest
• Annex 16.2.5B Briefing on the Act on Recusal of Public Servants Due to Conflicts of Interest
• Annex 16.2.5C Details of property declaration
• Annex 16.2.5D Management Measures on the R&D Results and Technology Transfer of the NCUE
• Annex 16.2.5E Guidelines for Avoidance of Conflicts of Interest and Information Disclosure Concerning the Use of the R&D Results of the NCUE 

   SDG16.2.4 Participatory bodies for stakeholder engagement

SDG16.2.6 Academic freedom policy