On 16 August 2013, STOU participated in the signing ceremony for an anti-corruption agreement between the Office of the National Anti-Corruption Commission and the Council of University Presidents of Thailand (CUPT). STOU was represented at the event by Asst. Prof. Orasa Phankao, Vice-President for Corporate Communications and International Affairs. The agreement is intended to promote attitudes that value integrity among faculty, staff and students of higher education institutions. It also aims to develop more tangible opportunities for these groups to participate in preventing and countering corruption. Besides signing the agreement, the ceremony also featured advice and policy recommendations on combatting corruption in higher education institutions in order to comply properly with the new agreement.