Overview:

PSHAN seeks to conduct its business honestly and with integrity, expecting that all members of staff will maintain these same standards of business conduct while reporting any wrongdoing that falls short of the Alliance’s fundamental principles. It is the responsibility of all employees, contractors and other relevant stakeholders to raise any concerns that they might have about malpractices in the workplace.

In furtherance of this, the Alliance seeks to provide a channel for its employees and relevant stakeholders to raise these concerns in a confidential manner, enabling due investigation. This Whistleblowing Policy has been developed to provide such a platform.

For the purpose of this policy, whistleblowing is the act of reporting perceived unethical conduct or wrongdoing of employees, management, directors, and other stakeholders by an employee or other persons to appropriate authorities. The purpose of the Policy is to encourage employees to disclose any malpractices or misconduct which they observe. More so, it is important to highlight the fact that persons who report allegations of malpractice will be protected, as confidentiality is key to the effective implementation of a whistleblowing program.

In addition, this policy document reinforces the value that PSHAN places on staff to be honest and respected members of their individual professions. It provides a method of properly addressing bona fide concerns that individuals within the Alliance might have, while also offering whistle-blowers protection from victimization, harassment or disciplinary proceedings.

All employees and stakeholders are encouraged to raise genuine concerns about misconduct, malpractice, and unethical behaviour in good faith, at the earliest opportunity, and in an appropriate manner.

Objectives :

This policy has been developed to:

1. Support PSHAN’s corporate philosophy of accountability and integrity
2.  Ensure that all employees and stakeholders are encouraged to speak up confidently and report matters that they suspect may involve improper, unethical, or inappropriate conduct within the Alliance.
3. Encourage all employees to identify and challenge all improper, unethical or inappropriate behaviour at all levels of the organization.
4. Provide clear procedures for reporting and handling such concern(s);
5. Proactively prevent and deter misconduct that could impact the Alliance’s performance and/or damage the Alliance‘s reputation; and
6. Provide assurance that all disclosures made will be handled seriously, treated as confidential, and managed without fear of reprisal in any form.