World Whistleblowers Day 2023 - Statistics Infographic

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Safecall World Whistleblowing Day – 23^rd 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 []

Only 39% of organisations promote whistleblowing education to their workforce []

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

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

[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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