Policy documentWhistleblowing PolicyThe Capita Group is committed to applying a whistleblowing policy because it is in the interests of itsemployees, customers, shareholders and industry regulators. This document sets out what thewhistleblowing policy is intended to achieve and how the mechanism should...
In 2018, the UK Corporate Governance Code was significantly revised. Whistleblowing was included in one the Code principles - Principle E: “The workforce should be able to raise any matters of concern”. Provision 6 expands on this: “There should be a means for the workforce to raise c...
The principle was recently introduced into the UK by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, which has, for example, resulted in an accountant who was dismissed for exposing financial irregularities of his manager to the company headquarters in the USA being awarded not that much short of £...
restrict usage to the bare minimum (for example, if you ask us to delete, but we still need to keep your order history for legal reasons, like tax audits of our business); object to specific uses; ask us where we got certain data about you, how we use it and with whom we share ...
Moreover, to prove retaliation, employees only needed to show that their whistleblowing was a contributing factor to the disciplinary action they faced (dismissal for example), instead of having to carry the higher burden of demonstrating that, but for their whistleblowing, they would not have ...
whistleblowing policy is sufficient to comply with EU standards and, if not, how this impacts the integration of the target into their business. Non-EU suppliers and agents working with EU companies also may find themselves being required to comply with EU standards in respect of whistleblowing....
It’s little use implementing these policies if a member of senior management isn’t carrying them out. By reinforcing the importance of whistleblowing practices, you will make great progress in minimising workplace crime. The key here; lead by example. ...
The issue of whistleblowers exposing wrongdoing publicly has started a debate about the need for government secrecy versus the public’s right to know. The US Espionage Act, for example, has been used several times to charge federal employees for leaking sensitive information. In summary, whistle...
This however raises questions such as; Are there any other appropriate and less damaging ways that one could raise or address such issues? It is believed generally that to be a whistle blower is a bad thing but in all you are standing for the rights of the patients. Ultimately, you are ...
for example, the External Provider that operates Mindray Whistleblowing channels, and external advisors (for example, legal advisors) to assist with the investigation of any report submitted. In addition, your personal data might also be shared with competent law enforcement bodies, regulatory and tr...