{"id":25969,"date":"2020-11-30T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2020-11-30T05:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/transparency.lt\/?p=25969"},"modified":"2023-07-28T15:05:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T12:05:19","slug":"9-out-of-10-institutions-provide-the-employees-with-an-opportunity-to-report-wrongdoing-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transparency.lt\/en\/9-out-of-10-institutions-provide-the-employees-with-an-opportunity-to-report-wrongdoing-at-work\/","title":{"rendered":"9 out of 10 institutions provide the employees with an opportunity to report wrongdoing at work"},"content":{"rendered":"

9 out of 10 institutions provide the employees with an opportunity to report possible corruption, illegal or unethical actions at work. However, one out of four institutions (25 out of 95) does not allow to do so in a safe manner. Three out of four (71 out of 95) institutions have not received such reports in the past two years. These are the findings of the review of 105 public sector institutions conducted by Transparency International Lithuania.<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2019 – 2020 institutions received a total of 406 reports via their internal reporting channels.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The reports in five institutions account for 90 percent of all reports received (365 out of 406). AB \u201cKeli\u0173 prie\u017ei\u016bra\u201c (147 reports), the Lithuanian Post(121), The Prison Department under the Ministry of Justice (47), Ignitis (36), The Lithuanian railways (14). In total 22 institutions declared that in the past two years they received at least one report.<\/span><\/p>\n

8 percent<\/span> (32) of the received reports were forwarded to other responsible authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n

Two out of three institutions (67) state they impose sanctions on employees who do not ensure or violate data protection rules. Almost half (45) of these institutions state that received reports are stored in a specialised manner\u00a0 (eg. protected premises, encrypted computers, etc.), one fifth of them (25) – that the data is destroyed following a specialized procedure. Only 17 institutions indicate they have\u00a0 all of these data protection measures in place.<\/span><\/p>\n

27 out of 95 institutions collect information on the reporting person such as their name, surname, e-mail, postal address, phone number, personal identification number and residential address. 78 out of 95 institutions collect at least some parts of this data. 8 authorities save a recording of the telephone conversation.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPublic sector institutions should do a better job implementing the Law on Protection of Whistleblowers. There is a particular cause for concern at the municipal level. A quarter of municipalities either do not have an internal reporting channel or did not answer our query at all. On the other hand, I am happy to see more and more inspiring examples from our public sector. Our public sector leaders understand it essential to learn about your employees\u2019 concerns firsthand,\u201d said Sergejus Muravjovas, CEO of Transparency International Lithuania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Only eight institutions indicated that they have a separate budget line for the implementation of the provisions under the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers.<\/span><\/p>\n

105 out of 117 institutions responded to the questionnaire by TI Lithuania. 9 municipalities (Mol\u0117tai county, Plung\u0117 county, Rietavas, Skuodas county, \u0160ven\u010dionys county, Taurag\u0117 county, Tel\u0161iai county, Trakai county, Ukmerg\u0117 county) and one other institution (The State Security Department of Lithuania) stated that they do not have internal reporting channels within the institution. <\/span><\/p>\n

5 municipalities (Anyk\u0161\u010diai county, Bir\u017eai county, Kai\u0161iadorys county, Kazl\u0173 R\u016bda and Radvili\u0161kis county), 3 ministries (Finance, Culture and Foreign Affairs), 2 contracting authorities (Panev\u0117\u017eys and \u0160iauliai Hospitals), 1 state-owned enterprise (Center of Registers) and 1 other institution (Central Electoral Commission) did not respond to the questionnaire.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Law on Protection of Whistleblowers entered into force on January 1, 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

A short overview of the results can be found here<\/a> (in Lithuanian), the study can be found here<\/a> (in Lithuanian).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

More information: Sergejus Muravjovas, sergejus@transparency.lt, +370 5 212 69 51<\/span>
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This review was carried out in collaboration with representatives of the Prosecutor General\u2019s Office of the Republic of Lithuania.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This project is part of the Active Citizens’ Fund, funded by the EEA Financial Mechanism.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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