Category: News
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Considering a New Whistleblowing Service? – The 7 Potential Pitfalls You Need to Avoid At All Costs
Once the decision has been taken to look for an external whistleblowing provider there are a huge range of providers to choose from, and what they offer varies greatly. That’s why digging a bit deeper into what a whistleblowing service provider actually provides, before signing a contract should be absolutely essential! Here are seven of the…
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External Whistleblowing System – The Five Main Reasons an Organisation would want to set one up
1) Wrongdoing Businesses and organisations often need to set up an external whistleblowing solution because they’ve been caught out in the recent past. By ‘caught out’ I mean they’ve just emerged from a reputation damaging incident or incidents, probably involving legal action, and possibly involving judicial fines or even criminal trials and sentences. The actual…
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ESG and External Whistleblowing – The Perfect Fit
Environmental, Social, Governance – or ESG as it is more commonly known – is helping to change the world. There is a growing recognition that businesses and organisations can and indeed should have a moral dimension to their decision making. This is because ESG is being driven by society, and society is both the workforce…
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World Whistleblowers Day Reflections 2022
World Whistleblowers Day, on the 23rd June 2022, is an opportunity to celebrate those individuals who have bravely spoken up about a wide variety of workplace issues, and also those organisations that have embraced and promoted the concept of whistleblowing and speaking out… in essence, providing the channels for these important voices to be heard.…
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The Whistleblowing Fight Against Corruption in the Food Industry
The Rise of Whistleblowing in an Increasingly Ethical World There has been a steady rise in whistleblowing systems being put into place around the world over the past few years. This is happening because businesses and organisations recognise they need do more to prevent or reduce corruption, fraud and human rights abuses as these are…
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Whistleblowing Hotlines Could Help Beat the Great Attrition
The Great Attrition In a study by Linkedin[1], using data from Gallup, 17.2% of the US workforce is actively disengaged. And a disengaged employee costs an organisation approximately $3,400 for every $10,000 of salary. In the UK, data from Croner[2] suggests the average cost of employee turnover is around £11,000 per person, and for senior staff…
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EU Whistleblowing Directive: The most Frequently Asked Questions Six Months On
EU Whistleblowing Rules, a short recap When the EU Whistleblowing Protection Directive came into force on 21st December 2021, governments and organisations across EU countries began to introduce the rules into their national laws. In addition, organisations in countries outside the EU, such as the UK, also began trying to understand how the new EU directive might…
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The 10 Most Frequent Whistleblowing Hotline Implementation Questions we get asked
Installing a new whistleblowing hotline Whistleblowing hotline implementation sounds like a big task but is actually really straightforward. I recently caught up with Chris Boyle and Chancelle Blakey from Safecall, at our parent company Law Debenture head office in London. Chris and Chancelle are our Business Development Managers, and they’re taking questions about how to set…
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5 solid reasons to have a robust external whistleblowing reporting system
Introduction | the continued rise of whistleblowing processes in business Whistleblowing is a subject that is increasingly on the minds of senior executives. There is a greater recognition that whistleblowing policies and processes – either internal, outsourced or hybrid – need to be put in place if business is to filter out malpractice and wrongdoing…
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Law Debenture announces new Managing Director of Safecall, provider of whistleblowing services.
London/Sunderland, August 31st 2021 – Safecall, a Law Debenture company providing whistleblowing services, announces the appointment of Joanna Lewis as Managing Director with immediate effect. With significant experience in SaaS, product management, sales and strategy, Joanna has held a number of senior positions. Most recently she was General Manager of Housing Solutions at MRI Software, a global real estate technology business.…
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Safecall’s top tips for building an open culture
Encouraging feedback is vitally important to the success of any whistleblowing or speak up programme. If people don’t feel their feedback on “business as usual” topics is welcomed, then raising a concern about something bigger is an impossible task. The ability to ask for and receive honest feedback is one of the first building blocks…
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5 Ways to Minimise your Misconduct Risk
Crime in the Workplace So you’ve received a concern relating to criminal behavior by an employee. This can be one of the most challenging aspects of a HR Professionals role. Criminal behavior, wrongdoing and misconduct are legally complex and emotionally charged topics, often resulting is disciplinary action and sometimes legal proceedings. It is important that…