Services Provided

Whistle Blowing Service

Does your organisation have any of the following objectives?

If so we offer the following Whistle Blowing services:

• Access to a confidential & secure site where any person belonging to, or connected with, your organisation can raise concerns about impropriety or malpractice without fear of recrimination or reprisal.
• Disclosures can be made anonymously and without having direct contact with anyone in your organisation.
• Access to our service via a secure website for small organisations.
• For larger organisations we can develop a bespoke site with access to a dedicated telephone hotline and email. Reporting by telephone, fax, secure web portal, email, text and meetings. Spoken and written languages include - English, Spanish, French, Arabic and Portuguese. Others by prior arrangement.
• Subsequent investigation of any allegations if instructed.
• Pre & Post implementation\surveys.

Why does your organisation need a robust Whistle Blowing Facility?

The most common method of detecting fraud or breaches of integrity within an organisation is by tip-off's. These are a major source to identify and eliminate wrong doing. Whilst you may have excellent internal reporting systems, on occasions, personnel may feel uncomfortable using them. It is recognised that an independent external provider can overcome employee's concerns. Which may include;

• Lack of organisational support.
• Fear that nothing will happen and they may not be taken seriously.
• Recent surveys indicate that a large proportion of staff feel they couldn't safely report misconduct within their organisation.
• Lack of anonymity.
• They face difficult choices to come forward with a fear of reprisals.
• Inadequate or inappropriate internal reporting procedures.

We provide an independent service for relevant persons to report concerns, including those that do not wish to disclose their identity.

Detecting fraud saves money and reduces the possibilities of reputational damage.

Robust Fraud Prevention procedures help increase the confidence of investors, partners and others connected with your business.

To demonstrate your organisation is committed to preventing bribery & corruption and therefore increase the likelihood of a successful defence if faced with prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010 for 'failing to prevent bribery'.

Many organisations have a Whistle Blowing hotline but this is often manned by individuals known to the Whistle Blower, In general these types of hotlines are rarely used.

Protection for Whistle Blowers

The Public Disclosure Act 1998 allows employees to voice concerns in good faith about misconduct and malpractice without receiving penalties such as dismissal, victimisation, or denial of promotion, facilities or training opportunities. Almost all workers in the public, private, and voluntary sectors including contractors are protected under this Act. Certain types of disclosures as listed below qualify for protection if they are made in good faith and it is reasonable to believe that the misconduct was occurring now, happened in the past or will likely happen in the future.

• A criminal offence
• Failure to comply with legal obligations
• A miscarriage of justice
• Danger to health or safety of any individual
• Damage to the environment
• Attempt to cover up information that would provide evidence that any of these five practices occurred

For more information on the Public Disclosure Act 1998, click here.

    

What we offer

PC Investigations in partnership with Dextera Global offers our combined experience and skills that will deliver a professional, confidential, secure and independent service. All disclosures will be dealt with by our trained personnel, who have over 25+ years investigative experience dealing with the highest levels of sensitive and confidential information on behalf of organisations and their personnel.

Confidentiality & Security

We are fully committed to ensuring the confidentiality and security of any information passed to us by clients from any source. Our dedicated Whistle Blowing web site is protected by SSL employing full 128-bit encryption issued by the universally trusted Thawte certificate authority. No cookies or personal information is stored online and we will not attempt to trace the source of any disclosure.

Please contact us for further information regarding our Whistle Blowing Services.

Security of Information

Protecting your anonymity and privacy is paramount. PC Investigations Limited & Dextera Global are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we have put in place suitable physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Our dedicated Whistle Blowing web site is protected by SSL employing full 128-bit encryption issued by the universally trusted Thawte certificate authority. No cookies or personal information is stored online and will not attempt to trace the source of any disclosure.

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