An ethics hotline that has been available to Johnson County employees, vendors and contractors since 2012 has recently become open to the general public, and will be subject to future improvements to bring it in line with best practices.
The reporting platform quietly became visible on the county website July 16, via a link on the maroon field at the bottom of the county website homepage. Clicking on “Ethics Hotline” leads to an outside webpage where anonymous complaints of possible ethical wrongdoing can be made. The site is run by Navex, a company that specializes in ethics and compliance management. The site offers a way to report electronically or by phone.
Making the hotline more widely available was one of several recommendations County Auditor Doug Jones recently presented to the Board of County Commissioners. Other recommendations included providing a periodic analysis of hotline data, a whistleblower protection policy and written procedures for managing the hotline.
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