By Greg Ogle,
The annual Safecall Whistleblowing Benchmark Report is due out in March 2023.
Each year this report produces some interesting research insights, and this year is no different.
The results can best be summed up as a return to pre-Covid normal for some, systems and people under pressure for others.
The return to pre-Covid whistleblowing reporting has not been equal, and there are key sectors Healthcare +36%, Not for profit +33%, Retail +25% and Local government +10% that are seeing a huge increase in the rate of reporting received.
This seems to reflect a response to the return to work, with those sectors feeling the lingering effects of Covid, as well as the current societal and economic changes being hit hardest, whilst others – banking and finance for instance – that have always been heavily regulated by whistleblowing legislation seemingly unaffected.
As we correctly predicted last October, the unfavorable economic circumstances and reduction in living standards is having a perceptible knock-on effect, with a +3% rise in reported dishonest behaviour overall.
+2% rise in corruption reports
+1% rise in fraud reports
+1% rise in bribery reports
There has also been a sharp rise reported in Racism and Harassment, both +5%.
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