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Sunday, April 5, 2026

NAVEX's 2022 Global Incident Management Benchmark Study Reveals Whistleblowers Becoming More Emboldened - Business Wire

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NAVEX, the leader in integrated risk and compliance management software, announces the findings of its 2022 Incident Management Benchmark Study. The annual report tracked and analyzed organizational compliance trends based on more than 1.37 million global incident management reports made to nearly 3500 organizations in 2021. Chief among the findings is that risk and compliance professionals face dual challenges in navigating a post-pandemic world with whistleblowers more emboldened than ever.

“Risk and compliance professionals face a critical juncture as they pivot to a post-pandemic world, with emboldened whistleblowers and increased willingness to challenge workplace behaviors”

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Risk and compliance professionals faced another year of uncertainty in 2021, which began with the hope that COVID-19 vaccines may mark a return to normalcy but was disrupted by variants that meant COVID-19 remained a significant part of the discourse and discontent, as did evolving vaccine policies and mask mandates. While internal reporting did not yet return to pre-pandemic levels, the ‘Great Resignation’ may be reducing fear of reprisal and reinforcing employee willingness to speak up, including speaking up to external sources. These combined dynamics are likely contributors to a notable rise found in reports about lack of workplace civility.

Emboldened Whistleblowers

The findings paint a clear picture of employees more ready to report...



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