Commit to a Speak-Up Follow-Up
Commit to a specific manager response that protects reporters and routes concerns properly.
Prepare a first-response script for receiving an ethics or compliance concern. Use this when an employee, peer, vendor, or manager raises a concern about policy violations, retaliation, fraud, data misuse, conflicts, gifts, or pressure to bypass controls. If someone raises an ethics or compliance concern, I will say: 'Thank you for telling me. I will take this seriously. I cannot promise absolute secrecy, but I will limit this to people who need to help. Are you worried about retaliation, and is there evidence we should preserve today?' Then I will route it through [named channel] by [timeframe]. In 2 days,…
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