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FACEUP EMPOWERS EMPLOYEES AND CHILDREN ACROSS THE GLOBE TO SPEAK UP

FaceUp works like an online trust box. Company employees and schoolchildren can
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hard to talk about in person. FaceUp is a safe and easy-to-use tool for
whistleblowing, building an ethical company culture, and reporting bullying.




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FaceUp has helped us tremendously. Our experience with the platform so far has
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FaceUp team also provide amazing customer service.

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As FaceUp was developed for schools first, the interface is extremely simple.
The system is also user-friendly for the account administrator. I have nothing
but praise for the FaceUp team.

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Executive director, Bachl

Anyone can have issues at work that are difficult to talk about openly, which is
why we introduced FaceUp. The whole system is clear, user-friendly and works
great. It meets my expectations.

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HR manager, Omnicom Media Group

We know it can be hard to speak out in certain situation. So, to encourage
people to come to us even in such tough moments we chose to implement FaceUp.
Moreover, by using FaceUp, we are contributing to the creation of a safe climate
for schoolchildren, something we strongly believe in!

TOMAS RODNY
HR Director

Employees send us various proposals and small improvement suggestions via
FaceUp. So far, we have seen only positive reactions from employees who have
adopted FaceUp as a friendly tool.

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Partner Ernst & Young, Forensics

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from bullying. Today, it helps companies to protect their reputation, employees,
assets and corporate culture. I'm glad my advice and feedback contributed to the
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FaceUp is an easily accessible tool to obtain diverse feedback from employees.
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Whistleblowing


"AFTER INVESTIGATING SEVERAL REPORTS THROUGH FACEUP WE TERMINATED OUR WORKING
RELATIONSHIP WITH A HEAD OF DEPARTMENT,” REVEALS SECRETARY OF THE BRNO-CENTRE
MUNICIPAL OFFICE

What did the introduction of FaceUp to the Brno-Centre Municipal Office bring?
And why has there been an increase in overall productivity across the workplace?
Read our interview with the secretary of the Brno-Centre Municipal Office, Bc.
Petr Štika, MBA, LL.M. First you introduced an anti-corruption hotline and then
subsequently were the first authority in the Czech Republic to introduce an
online whistleblowing platform. What motivated you to introduce these
channels? "We started using an anonymous whistleblowing channel several years
ago because we wanted to increase the city hall’s transparency and introduce an
effective tool to prevent corruption. We wanted to give everyone who has been in
contact with the office or the organisations of our city district and has
witnessed corruption or unethical conduct to be able to report it. We imagined
that the option of anonymous reporting would be used by goods or service
suppliers who had been unsuccessful and maybe the employees of entrepreneurs who
have worked with our city district. We assumed that these target groups in
particular would be fearful of reporting suspicious activities that they might
have witnessed.” Why did you switch from an anti-corruption hotline to a
whistleblowing platform and what do you see as the differences between the
two?“A fundamental and significant difference between the two is that when a
whistleblower submits a report through a whistleblowing platform you can keep
communicating with them, provide feedback, and clarify their report. When
reporting through a whistleblowing platform a whistleblower can stay anonymous,
the system generates a numerical code with which they can log into their report,
receive feedback, add to their report, and maintain contact with the recipient
of the report.” How has the introduction of this channel gone for you? What has
it improved?“The introduction of an anonymous whistleblowing channel has worked
out really well for us. Originally we only thought of it as a tool for
preventing corrupt conduct. Nevertheless, whistleblowers do use the tool. We
have already received several dozen reports through it. At the beginning we were
a little concerned from an ethical standpoint that the ability to send anonymous
reports through the channel would result in slander and abuse. But this did not
materialise. The reports that we have received so far have been relatively
factual and concrete. We were able to investigate them and come to objective
conclusions. Thanks to these reports we have also taken a range of other
measures. From this perspective, it is an excellent tool for improvement.
However, we are prepared for slanderous reports, that is whose goal is not to
draw attention to breaches of the law but to unfairly damage someone’s name
through the whistleblower’s actions. From my many years of experience in
leadership positions I know that the only way to effectively combat slander is
to fully investigate, and if the claim is false, fully refute it. That way you
clear the person’s name who the slander was aimed at and you maintain good
internal culture within your organisation. This is why an anonymous channel is
suitable.  After investigating several reports we terminated our working
relationship with the head of a large department of the Brno-Centre Municipal
Office. What is interesting is that overall productivity then increased in this
workplace.  A slightly unexpected albeit useful dimension that we have obtained
from the anonymous whistleblowing channel is in the area of labour relations. We
received several anonymous reports from employees about bullying. We took this
very seriously, as our work environment is very important to us. After their
investigation, we terminated our working relationship with one of the heads of a
large department of the Brno-Centre Municipal Office and in another case we
placed several employees under different leadership. Thanks to this anonymous
whistleblowing channel we were able to create better working conditions for our
employees. What was interesting is that overall productivity then increased in
this workplace.”
6/8/2022 • 3

WhistleblowingCorporate culture


THANKS TO FACEUP, OUR EMPLOYEES SEND US 15 RELEVANT SUGGESTIONS EACH MONTH,
ENTHUSES SPORTISIMO HR DIRECTOR.

Sports equipment retailer SPORTISIMO has more than 200 stores in 5 countries and
employs more than 4,000 people. In order for employees to be able to anonymously
send in suggestions of how they might improve the way the company runs, they
introduced the online tool FaceUp at the beginning of 2021. Company HR Director
Tomáš Rodný is delighted with that decision.  Extremely useful, albeit less
serious, reportsFaceUp is an online platform created especially for the
anonymous reporting of unfair or illegal conduct within companies (also known as
‘whistleblowing’). However, employees can also use the tool to make less serious
suggestions to help improve the company, which happens very often in practice. 
“SPORTISIMO is open to employee feedback, which is why we carry out a survey
each month, asking staff about a predetermined issue. We introduced FaceUp as
more of a complementary tool, a hotline through which people can anonymously
raise a given matter. To be truthful, we only expected to receive a small number
of reports, for example about serious breaches of internal regulations or even
law breaking,” recalls Tomáš Rodný. However the reality was quite the opposite.
During a year of operation, SPORTISIMO employees submitted over 180 reports.
That’s an average of 15 per month. The majority of these reports were in fact
not about serious matters, but more everyday issues. But they were still
extremely valuable.  “For example, one person suggested that we change the music
in our stores more often. Another employee asked why we don’t have a women’s
version of a popular men’s size 42 shoe. At first glance they might be dismissed
as trivial, things which management is blind to, but it’s worth dealing with
them as it leads to higher employee satisfaction,” continues Tomáš Rodný.
Initial fears of misuse of the tool quickly disappearedFaceUp is particularly
praised for the simplicity of its implementation and use. “FaceUp has made our
work a lot easier. The application interface and all materials are translated
into five languages and they have even prepared marketing materials such as
flyers. As a result, we’ve been able to introduce FaceUp into all our stores in
the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Hungary,” added Rodný, who
has worked for SPORTISIMO for five years. FaceUp is a simple online
whistleblowing platform, which an employee can learn to use within a couple of
minutes. Initial fears that FaceUp wouldn’t be used or that employees would
abuse it by overwhelming it with nonsense reports proved to be unfounded. “It
didn’t happen even once. The overwhelming majority of reports are really
relevant, they quickly reach the appropriate person and in turn we resolve the
matter. Through FaceUp you can communicate further with the person who sent the
report, albeit anonymously, should you need further details or clarification.
More straightforward issues we’re able to deal with in 24 hours, the more
complex ones within a week or two. Most conversations end with the author of the
report thanking us for dealing with the issue,” reveals Tomáš Rodný. Tomáš Rodný
has no doubt that he would recommend FaceUp to other companies: "I absolutely
recommend FaceUp to any company which, like us, has a number of branches over a
large area, for instance over several countries. In such an environment it can
be difficult to systematically collect feedback from employees, but thanks to
this anonymous platform, it is possible,” he concludes. 
5/2/2022 • 3

UncategorizedWhistleblowing


THE ONLOOKER EFFECT AND OTHER REASONS PEOPLE DON’T REPORT UNETHICAL CONDUCT

More than half of a company’s employees who witness unethical or illegal conduct
hide it from their superiors. However, nearly 75% admit that they would share
information regarding fraud with an external party such as the media, the
police, or a lawyer. As an example, this exactly what happened to Škoda Auto
when in 2019 a severe case of workplace bullying came to light. The media heard
of stories of regular employees locking their agency colleagues in crates and
putting laxatives in their coffee. In the best case scenario, unreported
problems can result in a media scandal, in the worst case they end up in court. 
The start of whistleblowing in the EUA fundamental change in the area of
whistleblowing in the EU is being brought about by EU directive EU 2019/1937 of
the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who
report breaches of Union law. In relation to the directive becoming law, all
private companies with more than 50 employees must implement internal reporting
channels for the reporting of inappropriate behaviour or fraud by the 31st March
2022. The rules are quite strict - the whistleblower must be able to report
their issue anonymously, their safety must be ensured, and the company must
respond to the complaint within the designated time frame. Why are people
reluctant to report unethical conduct?The onlooker effectVery often we see the
presence of the so-called ‘onlooker effect’. In such cases, the employee doesn’t
report anything because they assume somebody else will. The onlooker effect is a
paradoxical psychological phenomenon which shows that the more people present at
a dangerous or hostile situation, the less likely someone is to intervene.  In
1960, psychologists Bibb Latané and Judith Rodin carried out an experiment.
Columbia University students were invited to a room where they were to fill in a
questionnaire in the presence of an assistant. After a while, the assistant
announced that she would be right back and went into the next room. After four
minutes, she played a recording of a fictional fall, where she moans that she
has broken her ankle. The recording was set to play until one of the subjects
came to help her or until a minute passed. How did it turn out? 70% of the
students rushed to the assistant’s aid if they were alone in the roomIf there
were two students in the room, 40% decided to helpAs the number of participants
increased (including people who agreed to passively participate in the
experiment) those who chose to help fell to an unbelievable 7%The results of
similar experiments show that people respond to emergency situations more slowly
in the presence of others. No single person feels responsible for dealing with
the crisis situation.  FearBesides the fact that people who report unethical
activities in the workplace are often labelled snitches, they face the threat of
retaliation on the part of colleagues or their superiors. People have to face
the internal fear of rejection and also that of losing their job, ostracisation
by their colleagues and other consequences.  The absence of a secure reporting
systemThe reluctance of employees to report unethical or fraudulent activities
in their company is due, among other things, to the lack of a reporting system
which would allow them to simply and safely report such behaviour. Telephone
hotlines, emails and physical boxes are a thing of the past and, what’s more,
they don’t guarantee 100% safety and anonymity which is key in such cases.  How
to effectively introduce a whistleblowing platform into your company?All of
these barriers can be reduced through the introduction of a company reporting
tool. The basis is transparent communication with employees. Those in management
positions need to clearly explain why they are introducing a reporting system
into the company, what they expect in relation to it, and, above all, how people
should use it.  Do you have questions about how to implement a company reporting
tool? Would you like to see FaceUp in action? Book a no obligation consultation
with one of our specialists. 
3/29/2022 • 3
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