Policies & procedures
Whistleblowing: the governing board's role
Understand what whistleblowing is and the board's role in relation to whistleblowing procedures.
Guidance
14/11/2022
What is whistleblowing?
Whistleblowing is a process that allows employees to make a disclosure about suspected wrongdoing, risk or malpractice that affects others. Such disclosures are made where the individual聽believes they may聽be exposed to victimisation or other unfair treatment as a result of raising their concern directly through a procedure.
Examples of whistleblowing disclosures include:
- a criminal offence (such as fraud)
- a breach of a legal obligation
- a miscarriage of justice
- danger to the health or safety of any individual
- damage to the environment
- deliberate covering up of wrongdoing in the above categories
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