Managed whistleblowing across Europe

by Frank Staelens, Co-Founder Confidential Reporting Network

Our EU network provides one stop managed whistleblowing solutions, covering all technology and services needs, using local case handlers.

About this event

The Whistleblowing Management Network provides a one stop managed whistleblowing solution across Europe, covering all your technology and services needs, with the possibility to assign local case handlers from our network.Our group negotiations allow us to obtain discounted rates from software vendors (30-50% on average) which we entirely pass on to our clients. We are the only subject matter experts on the market to provide services at a fixed rate per case of 350 EUR for triage support, including first response and risk assessments.The added value of outsourcing whistleblowing management, from a compliance and risk management perspective:

• Helps to avoid liabilities as a result of internal non-compliance with ID and retaliation protection measures
• Reduces reputation risks by keeping reporting within the organisation opposed to whistleblowers using their right to report to competent authorities
• Avoids the need to recruit or assign competent case handlers at all EU subsidiaries with more than 249 employees
• Avoids non-compliance with the case governance principle of impartiality from the business
• Reduces the risk of giving whistleblowers public disclosure immunity as a result of non diligent follow up and lack of status reporting
• Ensures the use of a consistent risk scoring methodology, needed to build up defensible positions and avoid being challenged on decisions
• Allows to build a better defence against rights abuse such as staged whistleblowing organised to trigger the reversed burden of proof