Speaking Up
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What to do when an employee raises a concern
So, your employees feel comfortable raising concerns to management. Good! Your speak-up culture is on the right track for success. But wait, have you trained your managers on how to handle these delicate conversations? Prime your managers with the...
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How to speak up and handle tough conversations
Imagine a world where employees are empowered and skilled at working out their ethics and compliance concerns themselves—before tensions escalate and managers, HR, and/or your helpline investigators have to step in...[insert clouds parting and...
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What happens when I contact the helpline?
The hotline isn’t a black box. Take the mystery out of how the helpline process works with this easy explainer—you’ll show your people exactly how compliance reporting works, step-by-step, before they make the call. This is meant to...
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What does "in good faith" mean?
Show your employees that a sincere belief that what you're saying is true is reason enough to come forward.
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When should you raise a compliance issue?
This decision tree quickly helps employees determine the right time to raise concerns—and how to do it. You want your people to speak up, but they don’t want to bother the wrong person or feel like they’re whining. This aid walks...
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Video: How to speak up when you’re a bystander
Give employees the confidence they need to intervene when they see or hear something that doesn’t seem right. This short, targeted training video (1:23) empowers your employees to take action by telling them: (1) How to prepare to respond, (2) What...
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What does the Ethics and Compliance team do?
Next time you’re at a party and someone asks you what you do, hand them this! Okay, maybe don’t—that’s kinda weird, but you can use this inspiring infographic to to teach employees what the Ethics and Compliance team...
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Super Simple Helpline - horizontal
Snail mail? Yup, people still use it. This phenomenally straightforward piece tells your employees exactly what they need to know for reporting concerns.
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If we didn't want to hear it...
You take ethics and compliance seriously, so remind your employees—with a little humor—you actually want them to come forward with any concerns.
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Non-retaliation for managers (Do this, not that) (line art version)
Do this, not that! Show your managers how—and how not—to address employees' ethics concerns effectively. Leveraging the learning power of contrasting pairs, this task-based piece walks managers through how to react when an employee raises an...
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Broadcat Icon System: Speaking Up and Characteristics Pack
Employees don’t always speak up when they learn about things that don’t align with your company values, so use these icons to encourage them to do the right thing. This icon pack helps visualize the ins and outs of a speak-up culture, like...
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Speak Up: Make your voice heard - horizontal
Encourage employees to speak out when something makes them uncomfortable.
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Helpline Flowchart
It’s a lot easier to encourage people to share thoughtful, accurate, and detailed information when YOU do it first! Help your teams shake off the uncomfies about contacting the helpline with this stellar flowchart that explains exactly what happens...
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Awareness Campaign: 7 myths about speaking up
Employees often hold misconceptions about your company helpline, which can cause rumors to spread and your employees to be reluctant about speaking up. Quash those rumors before they take hold with not one, but SEVEN eye-catching screensavers in a...
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Stuck with a tough decision? (line art version)
Ordered around how people actually think, this decision tree aids employees wrestling with whether something is permissible. Everyone experiences that queasy feeling when they’re not sure what how to do the right thing. We ask some...
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Super Simple Helpline (line art version)
Snail mail? Yup, people still use it. This phenomenally straightforward piece tells your employees exactly what they need to know for reporting concerns. Heads up: this is the line art version. Looking for the standard version? Find it here.
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Making a call to the helpline?
Is your investigation team suffering from a case of so-and-so-is-breaking-the-rules anonymous report blues? Cure what ails you with this crafty one-pager. It lists all the ingredients for a fact-based report that your team can act on. Side effects...
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Broadcat Line Art Icon System: Speaking Up and Characteristics Pack
Employees don’t always speak up when they learn about things that don’t align with your company values, so use these icons to encourage them to do the right thing. This icon pack helps visualize the ins and outs of a speak-up culture, like...
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Speak Up: Minimal Phone - horizontal
Keep it easy to understand with this graphic: speak up when you see something.
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Speak Up: Don't drop the mic - horizontal
A clever way to remind your team that they can't ignore ethics and compliance problems.
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Template: Hotline FAQs
A guide to making your hotline employee-friendly and effective with pre-made FAQs you can easily customize. These FAQs help minimize anxiety and boost confidence in your reporting system by explaining what to know and expect in simple, friendly, human...
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Speak Up: Use your BRAAAAAAAINS
A funny, quirky encouragement to your team to exercise judgment and come forward when they see something.
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Speak Up: Make your voice heard
Encourage employees to speak out when something makes them uncomfortable.
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What concerns should I report to the helpline?
Sometimes employees aren’t sure what issues they should raise through your helpline so you get everything from “so-and-so walks around barefoot in the office” to “I think my manager might be committing fraud.” This...
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