Whistleblowing is becoming more accepted as a way for
organisations to access internal information that can help leaders
to minimise risks. Are you weighing up the possibility of
implementing a whistleblowing system in your organisation? In this
post we will share feedback from our work with customers to
highlight the whistleblowing benefits that your organisation and
its stakeholders may expect. We aim to describe the benefits from
the perspective of different stakeholder groups.
Please note that all the quotations used in this article are
from actual customers who have implemented our whistleblowing
system.
Whistleblowing – from fraud detecting to trust
building
Whistleblowing is seen as a very effective tool to combat fraud.
Indeed, in its 2018 ACFE Report to the Nations on Occupational
Fraud and Abuse, the Association of Certified
Fraud Examiners reported that tips are by far the most common
initial detection method with 46% of all cases being detected by
