Which of the following statements is MOST ACCURATE regarding best practices that organizations can take to protect and support whistleblowers?
A.
Organizations should include in their whistleblower policies the specific penalties that people might encounter for refusing to report known misconduct.
B.
Organizations should emphasize that rules regarding whistleblower protections are only intended for lower-level employees who might be more vulnerable to retaliation.
C.
Organizations should implement a clear whistleblower policy that lists every type of misconduct that has ever been reported at the company.
D.
Organizations should publicize their whistleblower policies and procedures to individuals both inside and outside of the organization.
The manual emphasizes that organizations should actively cultivate reporting mechanisms and make employees and outside parties aware of them. In the White-Collar Crime chapter, the ACFE research discussion notes that many tips come from outside the organization, including customers, vendors, and competitors, which means reporting mechanisms should not be limited to insiders only. The Fraud Prevention and Fraud Risk Management material also stresses the need to communicate expectations formally and informally and ensure employees understand their responsibility to report suspected fraud without fear of retaliation. These principles support broad publication of whistleblower policies and procedures to internal and external stakeholders. By contrast, limiting protections to certain employees, overloading policies with exhaustive lists, or focusing on penalties for nonreporting does not reflect the manual’s best-practice approach.
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