The annual Safecall Whistleblowing Benchmark Report is out this
month.
Each year this benchmarking report produces some interesting
research insights, and this year is no different.
The results can best be summed up as: a return to pre-Covid
normal for some; systems and people under pressure for others.
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Whistleblowing Rates of Engagement
Whereas some sectors have experienced a return to levels of
whistleblowing similar to those pre-Covid, there are key sectors
(Healthcare +36%, Not for profit +33%, Retail +25% and Local
government +10%) that are seeing a huge increase in the rate of
reports being received.
This reflects a response to the return to workplace
environments, with those sectors feeling the lingering effects of
Covid, as well as current societal and economic shifts, being hit
hardest. However, others – banking and finance for instance
– that have always been heavily regulated by whistleblowing
legislation are