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21 June 2023

World Whistleblowers Day 2023 - Statistics Infographic

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92% of leaders are likely to act on Whistleblowing reports to make positive change if they are aware of them...
United Kingdom Employment and HR

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Safecall World Whistleblowing Day – 23rd June 2023

  • 92% of leaders are likely to act on Whistleblowing reports to make positive change if they are aware of them 1
  • 1 in 10 UK workers say that they have witnessed possible corruption, wrongdoing or malpractice 2
  • 84% say they would make a whistleblowing report 3

But

  • 69% don't report 4

So, why don't more workers report via an employee hotline or online whistleblowing channel

  • 42 % believe that no action will be taken
  • 44% fear retaliation
  • 45%believe organisation is not ethically committed
  • 55% don't want to get involved
  • 55% believe it won't make a difference
  • 57% believe there's no legal protection for whistleblowers

Yet 92% of leaders are likely to act

It's a question of trust in the organisations' whistleblowing system

Only 57% of British workers know their employer has a whistleblowing policy 11

Only 39% of organisations promote whistleblowing education to their workforce 12

Only 17% of organisations use an independent, impartial whistleblowing reporting channel 13

Promotion of services and impartiality of whistleblower hotlines and online reporting channels are the keys to whistleblowing implementation success

Footnotes

1. Safecall HR Whistleblowing Survey January, 2023 -  https://www.safecall.co.uk/en/whistleblower-hotlines/hr-whistleblowing-survey-report/

2. https://protect-advice.org.uk/attitudes-to-whistleblowing/

3. https://protect-advice.org.uk/attitudes-to-whistleblowing/

4-9. Ethics Resource Center, 2013 National Business Ethics Survey

10. https://protect-advice.org.uk/attitudes-to-whistleblowing/

11. https://protect-advice.org.uk/attitudes-to-whistleblowing/

12. Safecall HR Whistleblowing Survey January, 2023 -  https://www.safecall.co.uk/en/whistleblower-hotlines/hr-whistleblowing-survey-report/

13. Safecall HR Whistleblowing Survey January, 2023 -  https://www.safecall.co.uk/en/whistleblower-hotlines/hr-whistleblowing-survey-report/

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