1. Policy Issued: 11/4/2025 Last Revised: NewLast Reviewed: New Applies to: Faculty (including part-time and visiting faculty), postdoctoral scholars, staff and students (including graduate/undergraduate student workers and graduate assistants) employed by University of Southern California and its subsidiaries including Keck Medicine of USC (“USC employees”). This policy continues to apply to individuals on sabbatical, other leaves…
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1. Policy Issued: 11/4/2025 Last Revised: NewLast Reviewed: New Applies to: Faculty (including part-time and visiting faculty), postdoctoral scholars, staff and students (including graduate/undergraduate student workers and graduate assistants) employed by University of Southern California and its subsidiaries including Keck Medicine of USC (“USC employees”). This policy continues to apply to individuals on sabbatical, other leaves…
1. Policy Issued: 11/12/2025 Last Revised: New Last Reviewed: New 2. Policy Purpose The purpose of this policy is to ensure USC research is conducted with integrity, accountability, and in accordance with regulatory and institutional requirements through the establishment of a university policy framework to implement the standards and expectations contained in USC’s Guide to Research. 3.…
1. Policy Issued: October 8, 2025 Last Revised: N/A Last Reviewed: N/A Applies to: Faculty (including part-time and visiting faculty), postdoctoral scholars, staff and students (including graduate/undergraduate student workers and graduate assistants) employed by University of Southern California and its subsidiaries including Keck Medicine of USC (“USC employees”). This policy continues to apply to individuals on sabbatical,…
Policy Purpose The purpose is to provide additional support to the university’s financial sustainability efforts, while still upholding our core academic mission. University schools and departments may adopt more restrictive policies, and such restrictions must be monitored through school and department level controls. Please download policy to access additional details. To access the institutional policies…
The university is dedicated to ensuring that all digital content, platforms, and technologies are accessible to everyone, including individuals with disabilities. This policy establishes the standards and responsibilities for creating, maintaining, and procuring accessible digital products and services in alignment with WCAG 2.1 AA.
Policy Purpose As outlined in the March 24, 2025, letter to the community, “Update on USC’s Financial Planning and Resilience Efforts,” USC is taking many steps to protect the financial sustainability of our academic mission. This policy outlines institutional expectations for business travel, conference attendance, and professional development activities in alignment with the university’s directive…
Policy Purpose This supplemental policy introduces new governance measures over the procurement and use of professional services at the University. The purpose is to ensure responsible fiscal management and reinforce the University’s commitment to protecting its financial sustainability and academic mission. Please download policy to access additional details. To access the institutional policies located behind…
1. Policy Issued: January 15, 2025 Last Revised: January 15, 2025 Last Reviewed: January 15, 2025 Applies to: This Policy applies broadly to the entire University community, including students who are registered or enrolled in University classes or in one of the University’s degree or non-degree programs (“Students”); all full-time and part-time faculty (“Faculty”); all non-faculty University…
1. Policy Issued: January 15, 2025 Last Revised: January 15, 2025 Last Reviewed: January 15, 2025 Applies to: This Policy applies broadly to the entire University community, including students who are registered or enrolled in University classes or in one of the University’s degree or non-degree programs (“Students”); all full-time and part-time faculty (“Faculty”); all non-faculty University…
In the event of a discrepancy between this policy and a collective bargaining agreement, the terms of the collective bargaining agreement will govern.
Policy Purpose USC’s Mission Statement declares that our first priority as faculty and staff is the education of our students. The purpose of this policy is to safeguard the environment for students by avoiding intimate relationships between students and faculty or staff, without unduly infringing on the personal freedom and private lives of our students,…
USC employees who experience a reproductive loss will be provided time off to grieve.
This policy seeks to reduce the inherent risks and dangers that building rooftops can present by limiting building rooftop access to Authorized Persons only.
The University of Southern California (“USC” or “university”) is committed to providing an environment of excellence in the spirit of our Unifying Values. To uphold our commitment to excellence and to ensure the integrity and safety of staff, faculty, students and university stakeholders, the university has an obligation to ensure that all employees, faculty and staff, fulfill all certification, license, and registration requirements for their roles, based on their job classification or job duties
The purpose of this policy to articulate the conditions under which Service and Assistance Animals are permitted access to University grounds and facilities.
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Policy Purpose The purpose of this policy is to memorialize the appropriate use, safeguarding, and integrity of institutional data primarily used for external survey submission. This policy also sets the expectations and procedures related to the validation and verification of data submissions. Please download policy to access additional details. To access the institutional policies located…
We focus on integrity in all we do. Our Third Parties are a vital part of how we achieve our mission, and we must work together to do the right thing in all of our dealings. When working with us or on our behalf, we expect you to perform at the highest standard of business…
This policy represents USC’s commitment to respecting and protecting the privacy of its students, patients, faculty, staff, research subjects, and anyone from whom USC Personnel collect or receive Personal Information. The University is also committed to protecting the privacy of Personal Information within its direct and indirect control in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations, and University policies, procedures, and principles.
The University of Southern California (“USC”) provides eligible employees paid leave to donate an organ to another person and to donate bone marrow to another person.
USC expects all employees, supervisors, Deans of Faculty, Department Chairs, and HR Partners to act in good faith when requesting and approving leaves of absence and time-off under this policy.
The purpose of this university-wide policy is to eliminate Single-use Plastic Beverage Bottles from campus and medical enterprise operations. By shifting procurement practices, prioritizing reuse and increasing waste diversion and reduction measures, over the next few years, USC intends to transition away from all Single-Use Plastic Beverage Bottles on campus and reach its zero waste goals.
All staff employees are eligible for these unpaid leaves; excluded are those claiming student status (including teaching and research assistants).
USC values providing staff with time away from work to observe personal, religious, cultural, or related holidays and special events without the need to use their vacation time. The intention of this policy is to provide staff employees with a paid personal holiday for this purpose that may be used during times in which USC remains open.
As USC Employees, we are accountable for evaluating the G&H that are given and received in accordance with this policy. USC employees must ensure that giving or receiving G&H does not improperly influence or appear to improperly influence an individual’s decision-making abilities.
USC is committed to maintaining a safe work environment for faculty, staff, student workers (including post-doctoral and graduate student workers), and volunteers (“Eligible Individual(s)”). The University follows an established Workers’ Compensation policy.
1. Policy Issued: February 15, 2022 Last Reviewed: November 13, 2025 Last Revised: November 13, 2025 Applies to: Faculty (including part-time, adjunct and visiting faculty), postdoctoral scholars, staff (including graduate/undergraduate student workers and graduate assistants) employed by University of Southern California (“USC“ or the “University“) and including those working for Keck Medicine of USC (“USC Employees”), students and…
All faculty, staff, students, and contractors involved in the development, approval, implementation, or maintenance of University Policies and related resources are expected to comply with this policy. This policy defines a University Policy, explains the relationship to related resources, and describes the key expectations, requirements, and methodology throughout the policy lifecycle, including development, maintenance, retirement, and archiving.
At the University of Southern California, ethical behavior is predicated on two main pillars: a commitment to discharging our obligations to others in a fair and honest manner, and a commitment to respecting the rights and dignity of all persons.
The USC Acquisitions Policy exists to ensure that all collections acquisitions or gifts-in-kind to the University are transferred to University ownership according to all applicable laws, regulations, University standards, and museum artifact and works-of-art professional organization best practices.
The USC Collections Loans Policy exists to ensure that all collections, acquisitions artworks, artifacts, or manuscript materials are loaned or temporarily transferred to University ownership according to all applicable laws, regulations, University standards, and museum artifact and works-of-art and library and archives professional organization best practices.
Policy Purpose The USC Special Collections Deaccession Policy exists to ensure that all special collections artworks and/or artifacts sold, donated, transferred, or otherwise removed the University are conveyed to non-University ownership according to all applicable laws, regulations, University standards, and museum artifact and works-of-art professional organization best practices, such as the American Alliance of Museums’…