Internal whistleblower system
In accordance with the Austrian Whistleblower Protection Act
Dear employees,
This form gives you the opportunity - either anonymously or by providing your contact details - to report information within the meaning of the HSchG. HSchG to the internal reporting office. However, it is requested that you always provide a contact option, as additional information is often essential for the investigation.
In implementation of section 3 HSchG, submissions can be accepted in relation to the following areas:
- Public procurement
- Product safety and conformity
- Road safety
- Environmental protection
- Money-laundering and financing of terrorism
- Public health
- Consumer protection
- Protection of privacy and personal data
- Security of network and information systems
- Prevention and punishment of criminal offences under sections 302 to 309 of the Austrian Criminal Code (StGB) (e.g. abuse of office, bribery and corruption)
- Infringement of laws to the detriment of the financial interests of the European Union (e.g. misuse of subsidies)
Your request
Your submission will be thoroughly investigated and evaluated by our internal reporting office. If the report is not made anonymously, the internal reporting office must, as a rule, confirm receipt of a written report back to the whistleblower without undue delay, at the latest within seven calendar days, and give notice no later than three months after receipt of the report whether, and what, follow-up measures have been taken, or for what reasons the report will not be followed up.
Important notice: The internal reporting office is subject to strict confidentiality and secrecy obligations with regard to matters submitted, including the protection of the identity of whistleblowers and all parties affected by reports. Only employees of the internal reporting office have access to the submitted data. All other persons (in particular members of the corporate management) are barred from accessing the data, both legally and technically with regard to computer access.