The ISO Whistleblowing standard has been adopted | PRO HR Compliance

2021.09.06

The new ISO 37002 standard entitled Whistleblowing Management Systems – Guidelines was published in late July of this year.

This standard articulates the detailed guidelines to construe and implement an effective whistleblowing system.

This standard is applicable to all organizations regardless of their size, object and magnitude of their business.

This document may be especially helpful to entities that will be obligated to implement a whistleblowing system in connection with the enactment of the Whistleblower Protection Directive. 

According to ISO, an effective whistleblowing system encompasses the following:

  • accepting whistleblowing reports;
  • qualifying reports;
  • taking follow-up activities (conducting internal investigation procedures, cooperating with internal / external advisors, protecting the whistleblower).

This system is supposed to be built on the basis of the following principles: trust, impartiality and protection. Within the meaning of this standard a whistleblower means not just a person employed in an organization but also, among others, suppliers, agents, intermediaries and clients.
 

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