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| – Ethics Hotline service overview KPMG’s Ethics Hotline An Introduction

‘Whistle blowing’ is about “raising a concern about malpractice within an ”. It is a key tool for promoting individual responsibility and organizational accountability. The KPMG Ethics Hotline is an independent service tailored to mitigate the risk of victimization, recrimination and of employees as a repercussion for whistleblowing.

Our service: Financial fraud  Contributes to ensuring an honest and Harassment ethic in your workplace by are the most reported incidents 71% of the whistle- providing an independent conduit blowers choose not whereby employees can report Feedback from to disclose their incidents of unethical practices. clients shows that identity  Acts as a live suggestion box to 75% of the whistle- manage a range of unethical practices blower complaints that do not fall within the specific are genuine category of criminal conduct. The KPMG Ethics Hotline is operated in a manner to ensure ANONYMITY for employees and promote ETHICAL Phone is the PRACTICE in organisations. preferred channel of reporting Features • Use of one unique 0800 Free Call 61% of the complaints number and one email address; are received during office 59% of the whistle- • Forensic agents operating the service blowers reported hours (9:00 am to and manning the calls; incidents in English 6.00 pm) • Caller identification blocked for all calls; • Recording of calls for quality control purposes; • Workshops for clients on use of the hotline; • Weekly reporting on information and number of calls received; and

• Immediate action on urgent reports. Source: As per statistics from KPMG Ethics Helpline • This service is available in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.

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