Whether you are a student, employee, member of senior management or board of directors, a lawyer, supplier, collaborator or an auditor, from October 4 at 12 o’clock you will have access to CBS’ new whistleblower scheme.

The scheme allows everybody, anonymously or not, to report on infringements and severe offences. This can include reports of bribery, fraud and suspicion of corruption, environmental pollution, violence, sexual harassment, or severe breaches of CBS’ own rules.

According to Kirsten Winther Jørgensen, University Director of CBS, having a whistleblower scheme is in line with the recommendations for corporate governance.

“Even though the recommendations are primarily focused on listed corporations, it has become more common that public corporations, organizations and authorities have a whistleblower scheme as well. We consider it an expression of good management to have such a scheme,” she says.

Although the students can use the whistleblower scheme, it is not possible for others to report on students.

“The whistleblower scheme has been made to support corporate governance. Since it is only employees who have responsibilities in connection to the laws and regulations that CBS as a corporate body has to comply with, it is solely possible to report on employees – and not students – in the scheme,” says Kirsten Winther Jørgensen.