The WPVH is a toll free number, that your employees can call 24 hours a day, 365 days a year and speak anonymously to a trained specialist, to report wrongdoing.
Why is the WPVH Necessary?
Employees may not be comfortable reporting wrong doing to their supervisors.
It may then go unreported or employees will report it to their lawyer, the police, the media or Government regulatory agencies.
Compliance with Sarbanes Oxley Act (U.S.)
Canadian MI-52-110, which states that companies under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Securities Commission have a anonymous and confidential process for employees to report wrongful accounting and auditing issues.
What can be reported?
- Theft
- Fraud
- Accounting Irregularities
- Corruption
- Bribery
- Illegal Kickbacks
- Conflicts of Interest
- Violations of
- Codes of Conduct
- Workplace Violence
- Sexual Harassment
- Discrimination
- Release of Confidential Information
- Alcohol and Substance Abuse
Only 34 per cent of Canadian employees who have witnessed fraud or theft have reported it
–Canadian Initiative
on Workplace Violence