As an organization, offering your employees a safe place to report wrongdoing is a good start.
But then what? What do you do when someone uses the whistleblowing channel? The real value of Trumpet, both for the person reporting and for you as an organization, arises after a report has come into the channel.
We see that many incoming cases often have a significant need for qualified advice. With Trumpet, we therefore go further: with our legal expertise and investigative experience, we make the initial assessment to support decision-makers in making well-founded decisions. With Trumpet, we offer not only a digital tool, but a dedicated partner that supports you throughout the entire whistleblowing process.
We help you through the entire process, ensuring that you have the whistleblowing system and procedures in place and that you understand how it works. Book a meeting or contact us and we will tell you more.
We believe that all organizations benefit from having robust and independent case management for reports received through their whistleblowing channels.
It encourages an open culture where employees feel safe reporting wrongdoing, strengthening trust between staff and management.
By handling whistleblowing cases quickly and correctly, you identify and address potential risks and can protect financial, legal, and reputational interests.
You get help meeting legal requirements and also receive a legal assessment of the reported facts and circumstances.
By using independent case handlers, you ensure an impartial process, reducing the risk of conflicts of interest or preconceived notions.
Quick and thorough handling of whistleblowing cases helps you prevent scandals, which is crucial for maintaining a strong brand and trust among customers and employees.
Any internal conflicts are handled effectively within the organization, avoiding unnecessary publicity or legal consequences.
Anyone who wants to blow the whistle is directed via your website or intranet to your channel, which we set up in Trumpet. There, information can be provided securely. The whistleblower can always remain anonymous, but may actively choose to disclose their identity. The whistleblower creates a case and submits their report.
The case is received and a confirmation is sent to the whistleblower. It is always an experienced case handler who receives the case and makes the initial assessment. The case handler manages all communication with the whistleblower and decision-makers in the relevant organization (the whistleblowing committee). We act as the link between you and the person who has blown the whistle.
The case, together with our assessment, is submitted according to routine to your whistleblowing committee. Before we grant the whistleblowing committee access to the case, we perform a conflict-of-interest check. The whistleblowing committee decides whether the case should be investigated.
Making a correct legal assessment of whether a case falls under the Whistleblowing Act is especially important from a personal-data perspective. Reports not infrequently contain sensitive personal data, and applicable legislation sets limits on which types of cases may be handled in a whistleblowing channel.
Trumpet’s case handlers are lawyers bound by extensive and strict confidentiality undertakings and are used to working with the highest integrity. The handlers make an initial assessment of the incoming case to determine whether the matter should be processed further within the whistleblowing channel.
How best to proceed with a qualified whistleblowing report is often complex. Our experience with the issues arising from investigations of wrongdoing—which often require different perspectives to be handled well and effectively—is very helpful for assessing and deciding on measures for a whistleblowing case.
Here we benefit greatly from our various specialist competencies, such as law, IT forensics, background checks, finance, corporate governance, security, behavioral science, and communication.
Simply put, Trumpet consists of two parts: the whistleblowing system and the handling of incoming reports.
A whistleblowing channel is a tool for employees and others to report wrongdoing in your organization.
The real value—both for the person reporting and for you as an organization—arises after a report has entered the system.
