Compliance - Whistleblower
For our group of companies, we have set up a central system for reporting legal violations, in particular violations of legal regulations.
The report is sent directly to our external ombudsman office (datenschutz nord GmbH, Dominik Bleckmann, fully qualified lawyer), which treats it confidentially and, after an initial review, forwards it to our responsible departments within the group (e.g. Head of Legal) for further action.
You can decide whether and which of your contact details you want to provide and whether you want a response.
We guarantee to all whistleblowers who report information about potential violations of laws, regulations or internal policies that he or she does not have to fear retaliation or negative consequences from the company. We will keep all whistleblower reports confidential and will not share any personal data without consent. Should retaliation nevertheless occur, we will consider this a serious violation of our company policy and will take appropriate measures to protect the whistleblower and remedy the violation.
You have two options for submitting your reports:
You can call us at the following number: +49 421 6966 32 349
You can reach our external ombudsman directly at this number.
You can send an e-mail to: schuelke-compliance@datenschutz-nord.de
To process your report, you must provide the name of the company concerned. All other information is voluntary.
Information on data protection can be found here.
You can use our central system to submit reports of violations of the law or abusive behaviour, in particular against Union law or in the following areas:
- Public procurement
- Financial services, financial products and financial markets, as well as prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing,
- Product safety and compliance
- Transport safety
- Environmental protection
- Animal health and public health
- Consumer protection
- Protection of privacy and personal data as well as security of network and information systems
- Infringements of the Union's financial interests within the meaning of Art. 325 TFEU and as further defined in relevant Union measures
- Infringements of internal market rules within the meaning of Article 26(2) TFEU, including infringements of Union rules on competition and State aid, as well as infringements of internal market rules in relation to acts which breach corporate tax rules or in relation to agreements aimed at obtaining a tax advantage contrary to the object or purpose of the applicable corporate tax law.
Reports in areas other than those mentioned above, such as unethical or immoral behavior such as bullying, are usually not processed and are deleted immediately. In this case, you will not receive an acknowledgement of receipt.
Other reports on other areas not listed will also be processed. The same and aforementioned requirements apply here. In case of doubt, you can report any violation of the law to our ombudsman's office.