Whistleblowing

A practical presentation on reporting misconduct, i.e. whistleblowing, tells the basics of the Whistleblower Protection Act. The online course helps to understand which violations are involved in reporting abuses and which is an internal and which is a centralized reporting channel. The course explains the prerequisites for whistleblower protection and the sanctions that may result from violating the regulations. The online course includes multiple choice and reflection tasks and a final test. The duration of the course is about 25 minutes.

Syllabus

Content and Schedule

In this online course, reporting of abuses through the whistleblowing channel is discussed. The course is divided into eight sections and there is a short test at the end.

The course consists of eight sections:

1. Introduction
2. What kinds of violations is the whistleblowing channel meant for?
3. Internal reporting channel
4. Centralized reporting channel
5. Requirements of whistleblower protection
6. Processing and confidentiality of personal data
7. Sanctions
8. Special features of whistleblower protection in the financial sector

The duration of the course is about 25 minutes.

For Whom?

The online course is intended for the entire staff of companies and their necessary partners. The company must inform about its internal notification channel and the operating methods related to it and the Whistleblower Protection Act.