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- In a business context, a whistleblower is an employee or insider who reports illegal, immoral, and other serious wrongdoings at their workplace, such as corruption. Whistleblowing can happen within an organization or outside of it — for example, by alerting the media.
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Jul 29, 2024 · Workplace whistleblowing occurs when an individual reports wrongdoing in an organisation, such as financial misconduct, exploitation or discrimination. This person is often an employee but can also be a third-party such as a supplier or customer. Internal whistleblowing is when someone makes a report within an organisation.
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Nov 5, 2019 · In a business context, a whistleblower is an employee or insider who reports illegal, immoral, and other serious wrongdoings at their workplace, such as corruption. Whistleblowing can happen within an organization or outside of it — for example, by alerting the media.
- 4 Examples of Whistleblowing in The Workplace
- How to Handle Whistleblowing Reports
- What Is Considered ‘Retaliation’?
- FAQs
- Conclusion
- References and Further Reading
1.1 Telia
Swedish telecoms operator Teliadeveloped its own internal whistleblowing reporting system, the Speak-Up line, in 2014. Within a year, the system received 92 reports of “suspected incidents of conflict of interest, corruption, embezzlement, procurement fraud and HR matters.” Encouraging a company culture focused on ethics and integrity produced extraordinary results for Telia in its first twelve months. The line uncovered potentially fraudulent activity involving a former senior manager, third...
1.2 LuxLeaks
In 2014, Antoine Deltour leaked documents from his employer that helped expose around 340 businesses who were avoiding tax by creating complex financial structures and obtaining tax rulings that allowed the use of these structures within Luxembourg. They then channelled billions of Euros through the Grand Duchy with some organisations paying less than 1% tax on their profits. Deltour downloaded the evidence and passed it on to a French journalist, Edouard Perrin, who reported on the leaks on...
1.3 Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs EU presidency scandal
In 2016, Slovak foreign ministry employee Zuzana Hlávkováwent public with accusations about procurement fraud. She reported being pressured into avoiding proper public procurement procedures in her role organising events to mark Slovakia’s EU presidency. Hlávková alleged that she was told to work with an agency linked to the ruling Smer party. In addition, she told reporters that the government overstated the actual cost of a concert held to mark the start of the presidency. Hlávková and her...
The EU Whistleblowing Directive stipulates how individuals should state their concerns, which whistleblowing reporting channelsto employ and how organisations should respond to reports.
The EU Whistleblowing Directive requires member states to put in place dissuasive penalties to help prevent organisations or individuals from retaliation against whistleblowers. The directive sets out a list of actions that might be considered retaliatory. They include: 1. Being laid off, suspended, dismissed, demoted, passed over for promotion or ...
4.1 What is whistleblowing?
Whistleblowing entails the reporting or public disclosure of information concerning activities within public or private organisations that contravene legal, ethical, or safety standards, or are otherwise detrimental to the public interest. Often initiated by employees or individuals with insider knowledge, whistleblowing aims to unveil wrongdoing, corruption, and unlawful practices of individuals.
4.2 Is whistleblowing confidential?
You should maintain the confidentiality of the reporting person, as well as anyone they mention in their report. This could be colleagues who have helped them or supported them in making that report. It could also be the name of anyone who is being accused of any violations of the law in the report as well.
4.3 Should you encourage whistleblowing in your organisation?
A corporate culture that encourages whistleblowinginspires confidence in its workforce. It shows that the business is committed to the public interest, public health, its people and that it wants to continuously grow and improve its systems. It protects against legal violations and safety violations which could lead to unsafe conditions and damage to morale. There is no need to fear speaking up because management makes that pledge to listen, act and protect those who shine a light on criminal...
Everyone in an organisation should feel safe reporting concerns, without being concerned about a miscarriage of justice that would see them get into trouble. Whether it is government fraud or a private company laundering money, each worker in the EU should be treated the same way when they want to report an infringement of Union law. There have, un...
In this guidance, we will learn about whistleblowing in the workplace, its types, and examples. What is whistleblowing in the Workplace? Whistleblowing is when an employee of a business, group, or division of authority alerts management to wrongdoing in the workplace.
In this Insight we explore: What whistleblowing is; The EU Whistleblower Directive; Why effective whistleblowing is important; Key components of an effective whistleblowing process; and What organisations may want to consider in relation to whistleblowing.
Sep 21, 2023 · What is Whistleblower Protection? Whistleblower protection refers to the legal provisions that protect employees who report unlawful activity within their organization from retaliation.
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