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Third-party harassment: why employees must come before commercial outcomes
Read full story: Third-party harassment: why employees must come before commercial outcomesFrom 30th October, employers are liable for harassment by clients, customers and contractors. But the real question is whether your employees believe they come first.
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How Do Secure Anonymous Channels Foster Trust?
A whistleblowing programme is only as effective as the trust employees place in it. An organisation can invest in the most technically sophisticated reporting channel available, but if the people it is designed to serve do not believe their identity will be protected or their concern will be taken seriously, they will not use it.…
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How Do Confidential Reporting Channels Protect Employees?
Confidential reporting, or the lack of it, when an employee witnesses something wrong at work – financial misconduct, harassment, a safety breach – the decision about whether to speak up is rarely straightforward. The fear of being identified, disbelieved or penalised shapes that decision as much as the wrongdoing itself. Confidential reporting channels exist to…
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How Should Organisations Respond to Anonymous Reports of Fraud?
Receiving anonymous reports of fraud can feel like an organisation is being handed a problem without a clear way to resolve it. There is no name to follow up with, no face to put to the concern, and potentially serious consequences if the matter is handled poorly in either direction – too swiftly, or not…
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Whistleblowing Security and Anonymity: Protecting Reporters and the Integrity of the Process
The effectiveness of any whistleblowing programme rests on a single premise: that a person with knowledge of wrongdoing can report it securely, anonymously, and without fear. Fear of identification, fear of retaliation, fear that the report will be mishandled or leaked – each is sufficient to prevent a concern from ever being raised. Security and…
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What Features Matter Most in a Whistleblowing System?
Whistleblowing system procurement is often driven by feature lists. Vendors present extensive catalogues of capabilities, and procurement teams score them against weighted criteria. The result can be a selection process that rewards breadth of features over depth of service – and that prioritises what the system can do in theory over what it will deliver…
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What Trends Are Shaping Whistleblowing Technology in 2026?
Whistleblowing technology does not evolve in isolation. It is shaped by regulatory change, shifting workforce expectations, emerging security threats and evolving attitudes to corporate governance. For compliance officers making investment decisions about their whistleblowing infrastructure, understanding the external trends that are driving technology development is as important as evaluating the features of any individual platform.…