Whistleblowing

Overview

Whistleblowing is when an employee reports certain types of wrongdoing. The type of wrongdoing and other considerations determine whether anyone raising a concern would be protected by whistleblowing laws. As whistleblowing can be beneficial for individuals, organisations and their customers, it’s useful to know what is classed as whistleblowing and what is not.

Objectives

By the end of this course you will have learned about:

• Examples of disclosing information that is whistleblowing
• Examples of disclosing information that is not whistleblowing
• Qualifying and protected disclosures
• The whistleblowing process.