Whistleblowing

The whistleblower function is aimed at both the University's staff and other persons who make observations that may include corruption or other serious irregularities. The purpose of the function is to facilitate the reporting of maladministration that the University would otherwise not have been aware of, that is, things that concern the University's vital interests or the life and health of individuals.

Those who can be registered for the whistleblower function are persons in the university's management, persons who, according to the university's decision and delegation schemes, have the right to make decisions about or manage the authority's funds, and other key persons in the organization.

The whistleblower function is limited to serious irregularities related to accounting, internal bookkeeping, auditing, bribery, banking and financial crime, or other serious irregularities affecting the vital interests of the organization or individual's life and health.

When to report to the whistle blower function?

There are various channels for reporting corruption and irregularities within and outside the university and it is not always easy to decide to whom to turn. Possible channels are:

• The nearest manager or the manager level above
• HR department or the university's legal function
• Media
• Visselblåsarfunktionen
 

Many times it is most advisable to contact their nearest manager or the manager level above if it feels inappropriate to turn to the nearest manager. In other cases, it may be appropriate to contact the HR department or the university's legal function. If you do not want to apply to any function within the university, you can instead use the constitutionally protected freedom of speech that is granted to all employees in the university and turn directly to the media. The message protection is the strongest anonymity protection and includes a ban on the university to investigate who submitted information to the media.

Applications for the whistleblower function shall apply to observations linked to persons in the University's management, persons who have the right to make decisions about or manage the authority's funds, as well as other key persons in the organization. The purpose of the whistleblower function is to either handle the application on its own or to ensure that it ends up with the right recipient within the university.
 

Registration

Registration for the whistleblower function can be made openly or anonymously by employees or by someone outside the university organization. Registration is done either via the form below or by calling, sending a letter or e-mail to the whistle blower function. Contact information for the whistle blower function is shown below. Reporting via the form goes directly to the whistle blower function.
 

Your notification needs to contain such information that makes it possible to determine whether the case should be handled by the whistleblower function or handed over to other executives or bodies. It is important that the whistleblower function has the opportunity to contact you, because during the course of the investigation it is very likely that additional information will be needed. For that reason, regardless of the way in which the initial contact is made, it is recommended that you have access to an email address. If you want to remain anonymous, you can create a temporary e-mail address that does not reveal your identity.
 

Content of the notification
• As clear a description as possible of what the observations regarding corruption or irregularities consist of.
• State who / what the observation applies to.
• Any supporting documentation for the observation can be attached to the notification.
• Contact information is recommended
 
An application to the whistleblower function must be made in good faith and must not be done in order to discredit anyone or for their own benefit. Anyone who intentionally submits inaccurate information may be guilty of a criminal act himself.
 

Read about how the investigation is done
Read about personal data and anonymity
More information on corruption and other irregularities