Alja Poler De Zwart and Mercedes Samavi authored an article for Business Express explaining what companies need to do to be compliant with the European Union’s Whistleblowing Directive.
“The Whistleblowing Directive instructs all EU countries to implement their own national laws for how companies should set up their internal whistleblowing hotlines and how whistleblowers should be protected,” the authors wrote. “In addition, the national laws should create external reporting channels that whistleblowers can use under certain conditions instead of their company’s hotline. This means that, under certain conditions, whistleblowers can turn to external reporting channels set up by each EU country or, as a last resort, make a public disclosure – such as speaking with the media.”
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