Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment

Anonymous Integrity reporting tool 2023

In response to the need for more significant, trustworthy and anonymous reporting line to allow members of the public to report potential integrity concerns that relate to MBIE. The service should also provide a reporting function which reports on themes/trends of the disclosures made to the anonymous reporting line. The aspect of anonymity is extremely important for us, as we need to ensure that people can feel safe about reporting to the Anonymous Integrity Reporting Line, and that they will not be identified from their report (unless they so wish). A service that meets MBIE’s obligations under the Protected Disclosures (Protection of Whistleblowers) Act 2022 (PDA) is also a requirement – namely, where a report is a protected disclosure under the PDA, MBIE must keep the reporter or whistleblower’s identity confidential.

This is a unique opportunity to provide a service which increases the public’s trust in a large public service entity. An anonymous reporting line is part of a suite of tools to ensure that individual staff and our organisation are acting with integrity.

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