Evaluation and accountability
Whistleblowing & Speak-up
Speaking up requires listening.
An ethical organization is not one without problems – it is one where concerns, risks, and mistakes are identified and addressed early. Whether people choose to speak up depends on trust. Are concerns taken seriously, handled fairly, and lead to appropriate action? Effective speak-up processes require a genuine commitment to listening, responding, and learning. Giving people a voice is only meaningful if the organization is prepared to listen.
We help organizations create trusted and effective ways for people to raise concerns, seek guidance, and be heard. Effective speak-up frameworks combine clear policies, robust processes, defined responsibilities, and a culture where concerns are addressed fairly and consistently.
Want to strengthen both your speak-up framework and the culture that makes it work?
Here’s how we do it
Our support includes speak-up and whistleblowing policies, reporting and response processes, investigation protocols, leadership practices, case management frameworks, and culture development. For organizations seeking additional independence and credibility, we can also serve as an external case manager for whistleblowing reports, helping ensure that concerns are handled objectively, consistently, and responsibly.
We focus on both system and culture: how concerns are raised, handled, communicated, learned from, and used to strengthen trust.
Strengthen frameworks, processes and guidance
We review, refine, or develop speak-up and whistleblowing policies, reporting and response processes, and supporting guidance. We help ensure compliance with applicable legislation while creating practical and trusted frameworks that encourage speaking up and support fair and confidential handling of concerns.
Connect speak-up to culture
We help position speaking up as part of ethical culture, leadership, accountability, and trust – not merely as a compliance requirement. Our goal is to create an environment where people feel safe to raise concerns and leaders are prepared to listen and respond.
Support communication and learning
We help develop communication, learning, and capability-building initiatives that encourage people to raise concerns and leaders to respond responsibly. Through awareness-building and practical guidance, we help strengthen trust in the process and foster a culture where speaking up and listening are part of everyday responsibility.
This service is for you, if…
- you want to strengthen your whistleblowing or speak-up processes.
- employees need guidance on raising concerns.
- leaders need guidance on listening and responding.
- your current processes feel technical, unclear or disconnected from culture.
- you want to build trust in how concerns are handled.
What’s next?
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Help employees understand when and how to raise concerns through clear, practical and scalable whistleblowing and speak-up eLearning.
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Support employees and leaders to discuss and reflect what speaking up and listening up mean in practice.
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Understand how safe people feel to raise concerns, how leadership behavior is experienced, and where speak-up culture may need more support.