Support for whistleblowers inside the workplace
Trust at work, the speak-up series
Episode 3: Support for whistleblowers inside the workplace
What this session is about
Most organisations can receive a report. The harder part is what happens to the person after they speak up.
Support shapes whether people come forward early, stay engaged, and share usable detail. It also shapes victimisation and reprisal risk, and the organisation’s ability to respond with discipline when a case becomes sensitive.
In this on-demand episode, we look at what “support” means in practice inside the workplace, and how to build support into the way your programme runs, not only into what your policy says.
What we’re exploring
In this session, we cover:
- Legal remedies and protections, what they can do, and where the gaps still are
- Victimisation and reprisal, why they occur, how they show up, and why they are hard to evidence
- Risk assessments, how to assess whistleblower exposure early and keep the assessment live as a case develops
- Support mechanisms, practical options that protect wellbeing, work relationships, and day-to-day safety
- Technology, how two-way anonymous follow-up, audit trails, and access controls improve handling and reduce leakage risk
- International NFPs, the role external organisations play in supporting whistleblowers, and what workplaces can learn from them
Who this is for
This episode is for leaders and practitioners responsible for integrity and employee risk, including:
HR and Employee Relations, Legal, Compliance and Ethics, Risk, Internal Audit, and senior leaders who oversee investigations and governance.
Watch on-demand
If you are reviewing your speak-up programme this year, use this episode as a practical lens on what happens after the report, and what support looks like when you treat it as an operational capability.
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