diff --git a/include/class.dept.php b/include/class.dept.php
index 5a7363a937d94e54277e5094dd8fd8a1886d8174..1dd57e0ddc64f0cb87add97d3bd00194c9e2685d 100644
--- a/include/class.dept.php
+++ b/include/class.dept.php
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ class Dept {
 
     var $ht;
 
+    const ALERTS_DISABLED = 2;
+    const ALERTS_DEPT_AND_GROUPS = 1;
+    const ALERTS_DEPT_ONLY = 0;
+
     function Dept($id) {
         $this->id=0;
         $this->load($id);
@@ -108,9 +112,10 @@ class Dept {
                 .' LEFT JOIN '.GROUP_TABLE.' g ON (g.group_id=s.group_id) '
                 .' LEFT JOIN '.GROUP_DEPT_TABLE.' gd ON(s.group_id=gd.group_id) '
                 .' INNER JOIN '.DEPT_TABLE.' d
-                       ON(d.dept_id=s.dept_id
+                       ON ( d.dept_id=s.dept_id
                             OR d.manager_id=s.staff_id
-                            OR (d.dept_id=gd.dept_id AND d.group_membership=1)
+                            OR (d.dept_id=gd.dept_id AND d.group_membership='.
+                                self::ALERTS_DEPT_AND_GROUPS.')
                         ) '
                 .' WHERE d.dept_id='.db_input($this->getId());
 
@@ -142,7 +147,7 @@ class Dept {
     }
 
     function getMembersForAlerts() {
-        if ($this->isGroupMembershipEnabled() == 2) {
+        if ($this->isGroupMembershipEnabled() == self::ALERTS_DISABLED) {
             // Disabled for this department
             $rv = array();
         }
@@ -432,7 +437,7 @@ class Dept {
             .' ,manager_id='.db_input($vars['manager_id']?$vars['manager_id']:0)
             .' ,dept_name='.db_input(Format::striptags($vars['name']))
             .' ,dept_signature='.db_input(Format::sanitize($vars['signature']))
-            .' ,group_membership='.db_input(isset($vars['group_membership'])?1:0)
+            .' ,group_membership='.db_input($vars['group_membership'])
             .' ,ticket_auto_response='.db_input(isset($vars['ticket_auto_response'])?$vars['ticket_auto_response']:1)
             .' ,message_auto_response='.db_input(isset($vars['message_auto_response'])?$vars['message_auto_response']:1);
 
diff --git a/include/staff/department.inc.php b/include/staff/department.inc.php
index b795b55e3d615ea172162a893e52960ce54f73a8..f6ecc995543ed3338aba0858b9082e5f38fb1e75 100644
--- a/include/staff/department.inc.php
+++ b/include/staff/department.inc.php
@@ -232,12 +232,15 @@ $info=Format::htmlchars(($errors && $_POST)?$_POST:$info);
             <td>
                 <span>
                 <select name="group_membership">
-                <option value="2" <?php echo $info['group_membership'] == 2 ?'selected="selected"':'';
-                    ?>>No one (disable Alerts &amp; Notices)</option>
-                    <option value="0" <?php echo $info['group_membership'] == 0 ?'selected="selected"':'';
-                    ?>>Department members only</option>
-                    <option value="1" <?php echo $info['group_membership'] == 1 ?'selected="selected"':'';
-                    ?>>Department and Group members</option>
+<?php foreach (array(
+    Dept::ALERTS_DISABLED =>        "No one (disable Alerts &amp; Notices)",
+    Dept::ALERTS_DEPT_ONLY =>       "Department members only",
+    Dept::ALERTS_DEPT_AND_GROUPS => "Department and Group members",
+) as $mode=>$desc) { ?>
+    <option value="<?php echo $mode; ?>" <?php
+        if ($info['group_membership'] == $mode) echo 'selected="selected"';
+    ?>><?php echo $desc; ?></option><?php
+} ?>
                 </select>
                 <i class="help-tip icon-question-sign" href="#group_membership"></i>
                 </span>