Editing Whistleblowing (section)

===Whistleblowing hotline===
In business, whistleblowing hotlines are usually deployed to mitigate risk, with the intention of providing secure, anonymous reporting for employees or third-party suppliers who may otherwise be fearful of reprisals from their employer. As such, implementing a corporate whistleblowing hotline is often seen as a step toward compliance and can also highlight an organization's stance on ethics.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.acfe.com/uploadedFiles/ACFE_Website/Content/review/diafp/08-Implementing-a-Whistleblower-Helpline.pdf|title=Developing an Integrated Anti-Fraud, Compliance, and Ethics Program – Implementing a Whistleblowing Helpline|date=2019|website=Association of Certified Fraud Examiners|access-date=10 May 2019|archive-date=27 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201127171751/https://www.acfe.com/uploadedFiles/ACFE_Website/Content/review/diafp/08-Implementing-a-Whistleblower-Helpline.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is widely agreed that implementing a dedicated service for whistleblowers has a positive effect on [[organizational culture]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ethicalcorp.com/content/how-cultivate-whistleblowing-culture|title=How to cultivate a whistleblowing culture {{!}} Ethical Corporation|website=www.ethicalcorp.com|access-date=10 May 2019}}</ref>

A whistleblowing hotline is sometimes also referred to as an ''ethics hotline'' or ''"Speak Up" hotline'' and is often facilitated by an [[Outsourcing|outsourced]] service provider to encourage potential disclosers to come forward.{{citation needed|date=May 2022}}

In 2018, the ''[[Harvard Business Review]]'' published findings to support the idea that whistleblowing hotlines are crucial to keeping companies healthy, stating, "More whistles blown are a sign of health, not illness."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hbr.org/2018/11/research-whistleblowers-are-a-sign-of-healthy-companies|title=Research: Whistleblowers Are a Sign of Healthy Companies|last1=Stubben|first1=Stephen|date=14 November 2018|work=Harvard Business Review|access-date=14 May 2019|last2=Welch|first2=Kyle|issn=0017-8012}}</ref>