WHY YOUR CURRENT
ETHIcS HOTLINE
ISN'T WORKING
Are you doing nothing?
If your company is like most other companies, you don't have any dedicated ethics hotline in place.
You're reactive rather than proactive - if ethical misconduct happens in your company, you trust that somehow you'll pick it up. Unfortunately most of the time it goes completely undetected. And if you do manage to pick the ethical misconduct up, then most of the time it's too late - the damage is done.
On top of that, you're probably breaking the law. In most countries, you are legally required to have an ethics reporting mechanism in place.
Why don't your employees
want to report ethical misconduct?
Employees are reluctant to come forward to report ethical misconduct. They are uncomfortable with a difficult face-to-face conversation with an appropriate authority figure in the company (such as the HR Manager or Ethics Officer). Plus, they don’t know what the consequences will be. In many cases, whistle-blowers are victimized and their jobs are negatively affected.
There is also no incentive for employees to come forward beyond satisfying their moral principles.
What about tip-off hotlines?
Some companies run a phone hotline which enables employees to anonymously report cases of ethical misconduct that they know about. These hotlines are typically run by large auditing firms.
The main problem with these hotlines is that employees believe they are not truly anonymous, since the employee’s voice can be recognized (and all calls are recorded). And apps like Truecaller can identify their name from their cellphone number.
Also, they can't upload evidence. And the company can't follow up to obtain further information from the person reporting the ethical misconduct if they are truly anonymous.
And finally, these hotlines can be very expensive which usually means that only large companies can afford to use them.
EthicsDefender has developed an online solution which solves all these problems, and effectively identifies and prevents ethical misconduct in your business.