The Folkwang University of the Arts provides a digital whistleblowing system through which employees, teaching staff, students, and external business partners may report suspected violations of applicable laws and internal regulations, including on an anonymous basis.
Whistleblowers are protected against any disadvantage or undue influence within the framework of the applicable legal provisions.
How our whistleblower system helps protect your privacy
- No identifying information is provided to the contacts.
- Your message will be stylometrically redacted to provide you with an even higher level of anonymity. We remove all punctuation and convert all words to lowercase.
- All information is end-to-end encrypted, so your sensitive information remains safe.
What you can do to protect yourself
- You are not on the corporate network (Internet/VPN).
- You should not use a device (smartphone, computer, etc) that is provided by your employer.
- You should not use the kinds of idioms or abbreviations that you frequently use in conversations or when writing emails.