Whistleblower Protection
What is Whistleblower Protection?
Legal safeguards and organizational policies that protect individuals who report illegal, unethical, or non-compliant activities from retaliation.
Terms that appear alongside whistleblower protection
Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as whistleblower protection. The number is how many controls name both.
- policy 5 shared controls
- confidentiality 4 shared controls
- governance 4 shared controls
- due diligence 3 shared controls
- compliance 2 shared controls
- iso 27701 2 shared controls
- certification 2 shared controls
- accountability 2 shared controls
Frameworks that govern whistleblower protection
What the standards actually require on whistleblower protection
Requirements naming whistleblower protection across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.
Article 41 enables three or more Member States to request the Commission to open a market investigation under Article 17/18/19. Article 42 brings the DMA into the scope of Directive (EU) 2020/1828 on representative actions.
DMA-Art.41_42_43_44_45 · Market-investigation requests, representative actions, whistleblower protection, publication of decisions, judicial review (Articles 41-45) →LkSG coordination with adjacent German + international frameworks. GERMAN HINWEISGEBERSCHUTZGESETZ (HinSchG, Whistleblower Protection Act of 31 May 2023 in force 2 July 2023;
LkSG-Coord-Hinweisgeberschutz-Sectoral · Coordination with German Whistleblower Protection (HinSchG), Sectoral Frameworks and ESG →Recognise the role of stakeholders + provide whistleblower protection per OECD/G20 Principles Chapter IV. The corporate governance framework should recognise the rights of stakeholders established by law or through mutual agreements and encourage active cooper...
OECDCG-4 · Role of Stakeholders and Whistleblower Protection →Designate Chief Privacy Officer (CPO) per **MINNESOTA-UNIQUE** Section 325O.06 requirement among US state privacy laws. Controllers processing personal data of 100,000 or more consumers MUST designate a Chief Privacy Officer or equivalent senior officer respon...
MN-CDPA-Chief-Privacy-Officer-Section-325O-06-MN-UNIQUE-Designation-Privacy-Programme-Training · Minnesota CDPA Chief Privacy Officer + Section 325O.06 + MINNESOTA-UNIQUE Designation + Privacy Programme + Training →Governance + Culture + Integration cover organisational elements supporting IEEE 7000 implementation. Per public IEEE 7000-2021 abstract + Wikipedia + academic literature (full IEEE text NOT reproduced): governance + roles including: AI Ethics Officer + Ethics...
IEEE7000-Governance-Culture-Integration-Measurement-Accountability-Roles · IEEE 7000 - Governance + Culture + Roles + Training + Integration with System Engineering + Measurement + Improvement + Accountability Framework for AI →Implementation covers grievance mechanisms + ILO supervisory reporting + cross-instrument coordination + healthcare sector due diligence.
ILO-C149-Implementation-Grievance-Coord-WHO-CodeRecruitment-NursingNow-SDG3-SDG5-SDG8-CSDDD · ILO C149 Implementation - Grievance + ILO Reporting + Coordination with WHO + ICN + Nursing Now + UN SDGs + EU CSDDD + Modern Slavery Acts + Healthcare Sector Due Diligence →Questions people ask about whistleblower protection
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