18. My organisation has a Protected Disclosures Policy (or similar).
Observation:
71.2% of respondents said that their organisation had a protected disclosure policy.
Chief Executives (82%), senior managers (72%) and line managers (73%) had greater awareness of the policy than did general staff.
Organisations that had a protected disclosure policy reported more incidences of fraud. Of those that answered "Yes" to this question, 25% reported instances of fraud over the past 2 years compared with 19% of those that answered “No”.
What some respondents have said:
“We have a Whistleblower policy but not a hotline.”
“Don't have a whistleblower hotline but do have a policy and contact people to make disclosures to.”
“While there is not a whistleblower hotline, there are nominated staff in the policy that can be approached to raise issues under this policy.”
“While we do not have a "whistle blower" hot line we have a Protected Disclosure Policy that sets out the approach for staff that may have the need to lodge a formal complaint.”
“Current policy on protected disclosure is in draft form. Hotline is though Crimestoppers dedicated line but would hope that internal reporting policy will be the primary route for disclosure.”
| Yes | No | Don’t know | Total Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chief Executive Officer/Managing Director/Principal | 314 | 82% | 37 | 10% | 32 | 8% | 383 |
| Member of the senior executive/leadership team or equivalent | 352 | 72% | 52 | 11% | 86 | 18% | 490 |
| Line manager (if not one of the above) | 159 | 73% | 8 | 4% | 52 | 24% | 219 |
| Administration/Support Services | 120 | 60% | 11 | 6% | 69 | 35% | 200 |
| Operational staff (e.g. Teacher, Analyst, Advisor, Technician, Officer, Engineer, Accountant) | 72 | 53% | 6 | 4% | 58 | 43% | 136 |
| Total | 1,017 | 71% | 114 | 8% | 297 | 21% | 1,428 |
| Yes | No | Don’t know | Total Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Government | |||||||
| Autonomous Crown Entities | 47 | 87% | 1 | 2% | 6 | 11% | 54 |
| Central Government - Other | 28 | 62% | 8 | 18% | 9 | 20% | 45 |
| Crown Agents or Companies | 66 | 76% | 5 | 6% | 16 | 18% | 87 |
| Crown Research Institutes | 33 | 87% | 1 | 3% | 4 | 11% | 38 |
| District Health Boards | 45 | 64% | 4 | 6% | 21 | 30% | 70 |
| Government Departments | 110 | 75% | 6 | 4% | 30 | 21% | 146 |
| Independent Crown Entities | 23 | 62% | 4 | 11% | 10 | 27% | 37 |
| Māori Trust Boards | 3 | 27% | 4 | 36% | 4 | 36% | 11 |
| Rural Education Activities Programmes | 5 | 45% | 3 | 27% | 3 | 27% | 11 |
| State-Owned Enterprises | 40 | 85% | 0 | 0% | 7 | 15% | 47 |
| Tertiary Education Institutions | 75 | 82% | 2 | 2% | 14 | 15% | 91 |
| Sub-Total | 475 | 75% | 38 | 6% | 124 | 19% | 637 |
| Yes | No | Don’t know | Total Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Local Government | |||||||
| Airports | 11 | 58% | 3 | 16% | 5 | 26% | 19 |
| Council Controlled Organisations or Council Controlled Trading Organisations | 37 | 49% | 14 | 19% | 24 | 32% | 75 |
| Energy Companies | 13 | 46% | 8 | 29% | 7 | 25% | 28 |
| Fish and Game Councils | 4 | 50% | 3 | 38% | 1 | 13% | 8 |
| Licensing and Community Trusts | 2 | 22% | 6 | 67% | 1 | 11% | 9 |
| Local Authorities | 129 | 76% | 10 | 6% | 30 | 18% | 169 |
| Local Government - Other | 3 | 27% | 7 | 64% | 1 | 9% | 11 |
| Port Companies | 0 | 0% | 2 | 100% | 0 | 0% | 2 |
| Sub-Total | 199 | 62% | 53 | 17% | 69 | 21% | 321 |
| Schools | 343 | 73% | 23 | 5% | 104 | 22% | 470 |
| Total | 1,017 | 71% | 114 | 8% | 297 | 21% | 1,428 |