ethics hotline
Workplace wrongdoing channel
An ethics hotline is a phone line or reporting system that employees can use to report misconduct, fraud, or violations of company policy, typically with some promise of anonymity or protection from retaliation.
Most large organizations maintain one: She called the ethics hotline to report her supervisor's expense fraud.
Also called a compliance hotline or whistleblower hotline.
- whistleblowerInsider who reports misconduct
- anonymous tipInformation from unnamed source
- complianceAdhering to requirements
- anonymousOf unknown origin
- reportFormal written findings
misconduct · tipline · confidential · speak · speak up · fraud · concern · investigation · integrity · do the right thing · good faith · workplace · violation · code of conduct · zero tolerance · call · trust · courage
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Hiding wrongdoing from public
hush money · gag order · non-disclosure agreement · omertà · code of silence
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Organized illegal business venture
protection racket · old boys' network · intimidation tactics · mafia · cartel
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Informal male power network
code of silence · omertà · protection racket · cronyism · good old boy network
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