1 | Health and safety violations or the environmental damage
| 1 | Environmental protection, human health and safety | Conduct, actions or policy decisions that do not comply with local, state or federal environmental, health or safety laws or regulations, or could result in potentially dangerous circumstances that adversely affect the environment, health or safety of employees, customers or others. |
2 | Threats and physical violence | Statements or actions threatening physical violence or possession of weapons, firearms, ammunition, explosives or incendiary devices in the workplace, on organizational premises or in official vehicles. |
3 | Alcohol and drugs | The unlawful use, possession, trade, transfer to others, distribution, concealment, transportation or manufacture of illegal drugs, toxic or narcotic substances, or items used for the purpose of using drugs, in the workplace or in the performance of work duties. |
2 | Abuse, corruption, or misappropriation of assets | 4 | Conflict of interest. | Any financial interest, any business or professional activity, prior or current employment, or any obligation that may interfere with the faithful performance of job duties or undermine independence and objectivity. |
5 | Theft | The unauthorized removal or misappropriation of inventory, furniture, real property, cash, merchandise, or other tangible property. |
6 | Embezzlement | Inappropriate, unauthorized or unlicensed use of property or funds unrelated to or for improper purposes, including misuse of systems and time. |
7 | Gifts, bribes and kickbacks | Payments, in-kind payments, gifts, bribes, lending or receiving credit or favours from customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, competitors, directors and other officers, auditors, government officials or entities, or other parties, for improper purposes or with the intent to influence business decisions or policy processes. |
8 | Insider dealings and disclosures | Buying or selling stocks or other securities using inside information or data obtained during or as a result of work, or providing such information to another person buying or selling stocks or other securities using such information. |
9 | Forgery
| Statements or actions intended to or result in the unlawful, untimely, erroneous or intentional misrepresentation, concealment or destruction of information with the intent to deceive or mislead. |
10 | Espionage and sabotage.
| Acts that result in collecting or obtaining inside information or trade secrets of a competitor in order to gain an advantage or competitive advantage, or intentionally destroying, disabling or otherwise damaging a competitor's equipment or other property in order to gain a competitive advantage or benefit. |
3 | Injustices, harassment or discrimination
| 11 | Misconduct
| Statements or actions that are not harassing in nature, but that may be considered inappropriate in the workplace. |
12 | Unfair treatment of employees
| Decisions, actions or disciplinary actions that are deemed unfair, whether as a result of established work performance or changes in the business necessity, or other work-related decisions. |
13 | Discrimination | Statements or actions interpreted as discrimination based on age, race, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, physical disability or religion and are carried out in decision-making procedures for employment, promotion or wage determinations. |
14 | Bullying
| Repeated remarks, behaviour or actions that are unwelcome, demeaning, offensive or intimidating and create an unpleasant or hostile environment. |
15 | Sexual harassment | Statements or actions that are in the nature of unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual relations, unmotivated physical contact or suggestions by the victim, unwelcome flirting, offensive verbal or visual cues, or physical contact of a sexual nature. |
4 | Revenge and retaliation of whistleblowers
| 16 | Revenge | Statements or actions made for the purpose of relieving, demoting, suspending or threatening, harassing or discriminatory in nature, against an employee for any lawful act committed by such employee, to report a violation of a law or policy, a complaint to assist an investigation or a legal proceeding.
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5 | Other violations | 17 | Improper maintenance of accounting records or accounting fraud, distortion of any other important reports | Statements or actions that violate or conflict with an organization's internal policies, procedures or accepted business practices or governmental regulations for maintaining detailed accounts of the financial condition or financial transactions of the organization or examining, auditing or amending the organization's financial records. |
18 | Consumer rights violations | Statements or actions that negatively affect or interfere with customers, customer communications or customer contracts. |
19 | Disclosure of confidential information | Unauthorized or unlawful disclosure, copying, duplication, misuse or release of confidential or personal information, including but not limited to employment, financial, medical and health information, customer lists, contracts, business plans, personnel files or other property noticed or generally recognized as confidential or trade secrets. |
20 | Antitrust or unfair business practices | Negotiating or entering into agreements with competitors about prices or terms of credit, submitting bids or commercial proposals, allocating market shares or customers, restricting production or distribution, or boycotting suppliers or customers that would result in monopolizing the market or reducing competition in the market. |
21 | Quality control | Complaints about the quality or efficiency of products or services; allegations of product spoilage; violations of production management policies and regulations; allegations of noncompliance with product or service specifications. |
22 | Other | Statements, actions or implementation of policies that concern the person making the allegation but have not yet resulted in harm, injury or corporate liability and do not belong to any of the other categories. |
6 | Ask a question or request additional information | 23 | Request for additional information | A request for advice, explanation, or other information about law, regulation, or policy. |