EY experts can help you set up and manage programs that allow your employees and other stakeholders to report potential unethical situations, violations of company policy or any law or regulation, and any other suspected acts of misconduct.

What EY can do for you

Our team of experts can advise and assist with the assessment, design and development of the programs, help you manage the programes and mechanisms you decide to set up and offer advisory services in the following areas:

• Whistleblower-related policies and procedures, including, but not limited to, compliance with country regulations
• Company culture around the whistleblower program
• Overall employee awareness of whistleblower program, including, but not limited to policy documents, training materials, relevant reports, management information and staff publications and procedures
• The whistleblower disclosure process, including, but not limited to, triage and case management and investigation
• Overall operational effectiveness of the whistleblower program
• Whistleblower program data (e.g., developing reports and dashboards and performing benchmarking and trend analysis)
• Receive and document (no filter or sanitization) whistleblower complaints/disclosures utilizing EY’s, the client’s or an external provider’s infrastructure (e.g., hotline, online portal, and/or email)
• Review complaints/disclosures received through the client’s whistleblower program and identify next steps based upon client-provided protocols (e.g., triage to Human Resources, have Compliance investigate)