Whistleblowing Service
We Protect your Reputation and Your Risk with our 24 Hour Global Hotline, Easy Access System and Personalised Service every day of the week.
Our Whistle Blower Portal is here to help you reach resolutions and solutions for Employees, Customers and Organisations.
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Using a team coaching mindset, our customized approach helps clients adapt, Learn how to create a safe speak out culture where whistle blowing protects the organisation and the employee. Call our Hotline today and create a speak up culture in your business.
Our Whistle Blowing Service offers the most advanced systems and services
- Government grade server, located in all countries. Every client database is on a secure and encrypted database.
- All connections are secure and encrypted between the person reporting to each global web portal.
- All people, phone number, web services portal country of origin based.
- Any client reference material to be made available is stored in a secured area. Access is granted under strict secure and agreed access protocols, without tracing of client employees that access this area.
- Each client has their own instance, there are no shared pathway or common access. Accordingly, separation and integrity is ensured through “air gaps”, rather than through internal controls and protocols in those cases where the database resides on an office server.
- One client, one dedicated reporting support desk. We do not operate with one database, many clients. The self-service portal is the primary point of contact to ensure security, confidentiality and anonymity.
- All meta data is stripped from files provided. Where a documents provided needs to be included in a report, then any identifying data and metadata is removed. If this not sufficient to protect security, confidentiality and anonymity, alternative measures are adopted.
- We provide a unique reference number that can be used access the particular request. The person concerned does not have to provide any identifying information or be the subject of communication initiated by GID WBS that connects them to a request. Use of email or phone as a preferred a communication tool must be expressly agreed to and nominated by the person concerned.
- We have the Highest level of protection for people reporting and increased reporting levels.
The widespread introduction of legislation protecting the actions of ‘whistleblowers’, and increased public expectations of global corporate accountability, mean that businesses need to adopt a proactive approach to managing allegations or disclosures that point to misconduct within their organisation. Not understanding the law surrounding whistleblowing can be costly for businesses in terms of potential claims as well as damage to reputation.
Whistleblowing is a high priority on international and national anti-corruption agendas, and is continuing to grow in importance, highlighting whistleblowing’s relevance as a corporate governance and regulatory tool.
Compliance and transparency are of paramount importance today. For this reason, whistle-blowing laws are being enacted to encourage employees to come forward without fear of reprisals. While these rules safeguard employee interests, multi-national companies are facing increasing challenges relating to whistle-blowing, ethics and retaliation claims.
Knowing how to appropriately anticipate and manage these issues could prevent significant negative exposure in all media, potentially and unnecessarily damaging a company’s image and reputation.
Country-by-country and EU whistle-blowing rules need to be taken into account in setting the best practices and policies in this growing area of risk, including what an employer must do when faced with a whistle-blower claim, such as whether an investigation is required, protections of the employee who complained of company practices and litigation issues. Best practice requires companies to take action in advance by creating a hotline and training its employees in ethical behavior.