Whistleblowing, also referred to as the reporting of anti-social activity, is a system through which employees and other persons can report a breach of legal regulations without fear of retaliation. Employers with a specified number of employees and public authorities are obliged to set up an internal system for examining reports, appoint a responsible person, ensure the confidentiality of the whistleblower's identity, accept reports through multiple channels, and inform the whistleblower of the outcome within set deadlines. The whistleblower enjoys protection from employment-related consequences, and the employer may not take retaliatory action against them without the authority's consent. Failure to set up the system is an administrative offence carrying a sanction. It is worth linking the system to the code of ethics and to training for managers. In practice, it proves useful to keep a record of reports received and how they were handled, since this is precisely what gets checked during an inspection.
See also: Internal AI usage policy, Conflict of interest, NIS2 and cybersecurity.
