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Whistleblowing frameworks provide many benefits, including the opportunity to identify and deal with problems before they grow, and to protect your organisation and its people.
Managed effectively, whistleblowing can transform the culture of your organisation, identify fraud, save money, and deal with weaknesses in controls quickly.
As the laws and regulations around whistleblowing evolve, establishing and maintaining an effective whistleblowing framework is essential. From assurance about your processes to guidance on implementing updates or resources to address capacity issues, we can assist you every step of the way.
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Whistleblowing specialists
Our team has handled hundreds of whistleblowing matters and comprises specialists in internal investigations, whistleblowing, and auditing culture.
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Compliant solutions
We support you in complying with UK laws and regulations, as well as local requirements wherever you do business.
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Investigation team development
We work alongside you to provide training and to support the development of your internal investigation team.
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With us you’ll get the right support when, where and how you need it most.
We bring an empathetic, professional and data-driven approach to provide robust, repeatable investigation services that help build trust in your organisation. The team will be tailored to you, drawing on the skills of corporate investigators and specialists in organisational culture who all have experience of whistleblowing matters.
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General Counsel: Responding to whistleblowers
Ensuring legal compliance and encouraging a speak up culture are key priorities if you receive an account of potential misconduct from a whistle blower.
Ben Kenny explains how a clear framework can help you triage and respond to reports efficiently, and keep whistle blowers on side and engaged throughout the process.
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The Department for Business and Trade recently commissioned us to independently review the whistleblowing framework in England, Wales, and Scotland.
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