What Is Whistleblowing?

What is whistleblowing? Whistleblowing is the term used when a person passes on information concerning wrongdoing, such as corruption, sexual harassment... This can be referred to as "blowing the whistle", "making a disclosure", "making a whistleblowing report", or otherwise. The person is usually closely associated with the organisation, often an employee, but also sometimes a supplier or a customer. They become a whistleblower when they observe behaviour or actions that they believe to be misconduct, illegal and not in line with the company's Code of Conduct, and report that suspicion as a whistleblowing matter.

Whistleblowing can take place either within an organisation, or publicly.