Every company has a whistleblower policy. It allows people to report, anonymously, what they have seen and witnessed, but do not want to disclose their identity. It is a way of ensure that events are investigated and that the individuals are brought to account. It is used for things such as harassment, assault, fraud and many more. Some people may called this “grassing people up”, some might say it is a way of keeping people to account at all times. Personally, is seen it be used for good and bad. This is not the place to discuss it here. The thing of it is, all organisations need to have one.
The thing that is the most interesting is that we can ask the government how many times it has been used in their organisation. We are not interested in what has been reported (because it would be rejected, for one, and also because it is not the thing we need). What is interesting is how many times it has been used in these organisations.
So I asked all the major government departments the same question.
Please can I have:
1) A copy of your whistleblower policy
2) How many times this policy has been used in your department since 01/01/11
The reason that I asked the all for a copy of their whistleblower policy is because I wanted someone to compare them and see if there are any discrepancies between the documents (I can honestly say that I do not have the time (or the willpower) to go through them myself, but I thought that it might be for someone else to have a little look at.
So here are the results.
Name
|
Amount of times
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Unable
| |
0
| |
0
| |
0
| |
12
| |
None within last two years. Unable to answer after that.
| |
Refused
| |
| 5 | |
Unable to Answer
| |
Refused
| |
(Possibly) Less than five. See below
| |
0
| |
65
| |
Less than Five
| |
76
| |
Refused
| |
0
| |
24
|
A special mention here goes to the Foreign and Commonwealth office who gave me a year by year breakdown on this!
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