48 articles on whistleblowing law, practice, and culture — newest first.
17 April 2024
Whistleblowing is when someone raises the alarm about potential or ongoing fraud, corruption, waste, abuse, or an illicit activity that risks public health and safety. However, not every serious workplace…
17 April 2024
With the EU whistleblowing directive in full swing, all organisations with 50 or more employees must have a secure and anonymous internal reporting channel to allow employees to highlight corruption…
18 March 2024
Humans are social creatures. For the most part, we like to go with the flow, stay with the “in-group”, and avoid confrontation. It’s an evolutionary trait that’s served us well…
18 March 2024
We believe that whistleblowing is, above all else, an incredibly courageous act. It requires bravery and conviction to call out wrongdoing in the face of fear and possible retaliation. However,…
18 March 2024
Written policies alone won’t cut it. Regular whistleblowing training is crucial for a safe, transparent, and inclusive workplace. Thanks to the growing trend of employees being encouraged to call out…
14 December 2023
As we close in on the EU Whistleblowing Directive’s latest deadline of December 17, 2023, all but two EU Member States have adopted the key requirements into local law. Only…
20 September 2023
Throughout history, responsible leaders have played a significant role in shaping trust and ethical culture in societies around the world. How can private sector businesses use the same tools to…
20 September 2023
How can senior leaders help create a non-discriminative working environment? Creating a diverse and inclusive work environment has become vital in the face of growing worldwide discrimination. According to research…
27 August 2023
These remarkable whistleblowers span the globe, but they all have one thing in common: they couldn’t stand idly by while something was wrong. Sometimes, all it takes is one brave…
5 July 2023
Discover the important role whistleblowers play in safeguarding organisations, and how employers can better protect and support workers who want to do the right thing. These are the 7 key…
2 June 2023
The Significance of Speaking Up in Organisations and Strategies for Cultivating, Sustaining, and Enhancing a Culture of Open Communication at the Workplace Why is a Speak Up Culture important? Encouraging…
30 May 2023
More Member States are adopting the EU Whistleblower Directive and companies are faced with the task of modifying some of their processes and taking into account country-specific requirements and the…
3 May 2023
As of April 25th, 2023, all European Union Member States have either introduced draft bills or adopted new national laws that will transpose the EU Directive on whistleblowing. Seven nations…
12 April 2023
You may want to consider a whistleblowing software demo if you’re exploring your options or simply curious about how a whistleblowing tool works. Having the right whistleblowing software means you…
6 April 2023
EU Member States continue to transpose the EU Whistleblower Directive into national law, but several are now the focus of an ongoing legal proceeding initiated by the European Commission. The…
29 March 2023
Portugal’s whistleblowing law transposing the EU Directive was approved on December 20th, 2021 and has been in force since June 18th, 2022. The new national rules are an upgrade. Portugal…
28 March 2023
In the past 15 years, the way whistleblower protection has been enforced in the EU has varied between Nation States. Not only has whistleblower protection been fragmented and insufficient across…
22 March 2023
Irish businesses and public sector organisations are busy implementing the new whistleblowing law Ireland legislators adopted on the first of January 2023. Member States are in the process of transposing…
8 March 2023
Most whistleblowing cases are likely to warrant legal action and end up in the court system. Historically, the European Court of Justice has set a precedent for reversing the burden…
28 February 2023
Seven EU Member States are still facing delays to the transposition of the Directive, and one, Hungary, has not even begun drafting legislation for whistleblowing in the EU. Here are…
22 February 2023
It’s not enough to implement a whistleblowing policy; company leadership must also effectively communicate it and encourage a compliance culture among employees. Researchers Henriksen and Dayton define organisational silence as…
15 February 2023
More and more companies in the EU learn the ins and out of receiving a whistleblower report. Knowing what information and the whistleblowing criteria your employees should follow before they…
3 February 2023
The EU Whistleblowing Directive recommends but does not mandate full whistleblower anonymity when it comes to reporting wrongdoings. Generally, anonymous whistleblowers are not protected in most EU Member States. Employees…
2 February 2023
In July 2022, the Whistleblower Protection Act, a draft law transposing the EU Whistleblower Directive in Germany, was adopted by the nation’s Federal Cabinet. The law, which was recently passed…
25 January 2023
The consequences of not having a whistleblower system in your company can be steep, and you should make this a part of your risk management strategy to avoid the negative…
19 January 2023
Rio Tinto Group is the world’s second-largest metals and mining corporation and a company with operations in multiple countries. In 2019, the company faced a public scandal when executives failed…
18 January 2023
Your business can learn a lot from some of Europe’s most significant recent whistleblowing cases. Whistleblowing is about “speaking truth to power” when internal corporate mechanisms for preventing fraud and…
12 January 2023
How do you determine what is a whistleblowing case and what isn’t? While this article doesn’t replace the specialized determinations trained investigators perform, it examines three common cases where breaches…
11 January 2023
One year after the deadline for transposing the EU Whistleblower Directive into national law, many EU Member States continue to lag behind when it comes to whistleblower protection. In November…
8 December 2022
When developing a whistleblower policy and managing their whistleblowing program, the Directive recommends employers include these important elements. Since the EU Whistleblower Directive was adopted in December 2019, businesses and…
6 December 2022
Metadata is information about the data you create, especially through communication. Metadata is collected about your location, when you communicate, the device your use, search habits, duration of communication, and…
30 November 2022
The transposition of the EU Directive into national laws continues to make advances. As of November 2022, 10 EU Member States, including Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, France, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta,…
23 November 2022
Providing employees with a secure, anonymous internal whistleblowing system where they can disclose their concerns about potential wrongdoings can help managers identify problems they may not otherwise learn about through…
4 November 2022
Recent disclosures like the Panama Papers, Cambridge Analytica, and the Fipronil egg contamination case reveal serious wrongdoings and raise questions about whistleblower rights and protection. These revelations were made by…
4 November 2022
Knowing the top features of a high-quality whistleblowing system can help organisations and companies offer employees the right information, advice, and channel for reporting wrongdoings, while staying compliant with the…
1 November 2022
With no time to spare Germany & Slovenia scramble efforts to move closer in line with the EU directive. Cyprus faces high-profile cases centered around retaliation against whistleblowers, meanwhile Uber…
7 October 2022
Having high-quality metrics for whistleblowing reporting (whistleblowing KPIs) means capturing useful data collected from and for your whistleblower program. This can help measure the effectiveness of the whistleblowing process and…
30 September 2022
ESG, or Environmental, Social, and Governance credentials that include a whistleblowing system are a crucial part of helping a business maintain its reputation with the public, promote compliance and accountability…
8 June 2022
Receiving the first report of wrongdoing within the organization can be scary, let alone the whistleblower investigation process which follows. Not only will it say that there’s something bad going…
25 May 2022
As of December 17 2021, all companies with 250 or more employees need to implement a whistleblowing system compliant with GDPR and their national EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive. The board…
14 December 2021
Not sure whether an incident applies to the whistleblowing policy, or do you fear disclosure to the person you’re reporting within your previous, current, or future organization? The fear of…
18 October 2021
The fundamentals for great company culture, happy employees, and compliance with the EU whistleblower protection directive. Having a good, reliable whistleblower policy is crucial for any organization that wants to…
1 September 2021
Accountants in the industry are often key to the planning and control processes of their organizations. These accountants may find themselves faced with the dilemma of whether or not to…
21 May 2021
The Swedish government presents a bill to transpose the EU Whistleblower Directive. This means, among other things, that all businesses with at least 50 employees will be obliged to introduce…
29 April 2021
NorthWhistle is designed with anonymity, confidentiality, and security as top priorities. With our engineering background, we’ve raised the bar for how to guarantee total anonymity for the reporter resulting in…
25 March 2021
At NorthWhistle we have broken down the EU directive to ensure compliance for all our customers. To further strengthen our offer we have looked at best practices from around the…
25 March 2021
A good whistleblowing policy will encourage your employees to speak up when any wrongdoing occurs, here are 7 steps to get you started with yours. Explain how the confidentiality of…
22 March 2021
How do you need to act to comply with the new whistleblowing directive? Did you know that if you are a company with over 250 employees in the European Union,…
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