Editing Whistleblowing (section)

==== Third-party channels ====
Some organizations use third-party services to provide a confidential channel for employees. According to the Whistleblowing Benchmark Report 2025 by Safecall, over 60% of companies surveyed now rely on external providers to manage whistleblowing disclosures, citing improved trust and reporting rates.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Whistleblowing Benchmark Report 2025 |url=https://www.safecall.co.uk/resource/whistleblowing-benchmark-report-2025/ |website=Safecall |access-date=20 May 2025}}</ref> In addition to protecting the identity of the whistleblower, these services are designed to inform the individuals at the top of the organizational pyramid of misconduct, usually via integration with specialized [[case management software]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}

Implementing a third-party solution is often the easiest way for an organization to promote compliance, or to offer a whistleblowing policy where one did not previously exist. An increasing number of companies and authorities use third-party services in which the whistleblower is also anonymous to the third-party service provider, which is made possible via toll-free phone numbers and/or web or app-based solutions that apply [[Public-key cryptography|asymmetrical encryption]].{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}