Whistleblowing 

Happy Feet is committed to conducting its business with honesty
and integrity, and we expect the team members to maintain high
standards. However, all organisations face the risk of things going
wrong from time to time, or of unknowingly harbouring illegal or
unethical conduct. A culture of openness and accountability is
essential in order to prevent such situations occurring or to
address them when they do occur.

The aims of this policy are:
• To encourage the team members and anyone to report
suspected wrongdoing as soon as possible, in the knowledge that
their concern will be taken seriously and investigated as
appropriate, and that their confidentiality will be respected.
• To provide the team members and anyone with guidance as to
how to raise those concerns.
• To reassure the team members and anyone that they should be
able to raise genuine concerns in good faith without fear of
reprisals, even if they turn out to be mistaken.

What is WhistlenBlowing?
Whistleblowing is the disclosure of information which relates to
suspected wrongdoing or dangers at work. This may include:
• any safeguarding matter
• criminal activity
• miscarriages of justice
• danger to health and safety
• damage to the environment
• failure to comply with any legal or professional obligation or
regulatory requirements;
• financial fraud or mismanagement
• negligence
• breach of our internal policies and procedures conduct likely to
damage our reputation
• unauthorised disclosure of confidential information
• the deliberate concealment of any of the above matters
A whistle-blower is a person who raises a genuine concern relating
to any of the above. If you have any genuine concerns related to
suspected wrongdoing or danger affecting any of our activities (a
whistleblowing concern)
you should report it under this policy.
Raising a Whistleblowing concern
We hope that in many cases team members will be able to raise
any concerns with their Principal. You may tell them in person or
put the matter in writing if you prefer. They may be able to agree a
way of resolving your concern quickly and effectively. However,
where the matter is more serious, or you feel that your Principal
has not addressed your concern, or you prefer not to raise it with
them for any reason, you should visit this website that will give you
more information and a outside charity you can raise your
complaint with - https://www.gov.uk/pay-and-work-rights

Confidentiality
We hope that everyone in the company will feel able to voice
whistleblowing concerns openly under this policy. However, if you
want to raise your concern confidentially, we will make every effort
to keep your identity secret. If it is necessary for anyone
investigating your concern to know your identity, we will discuss
this with you.
We do not encourage anyone to make disclosures anonymously.
Proper investigation may be more difficult or impossible if we
cannot obtain further information from you. It is also more difficult
to establish whether any allegations are credible.
Whistle-blowers who are concerned about possible reprisals if their
identity is revealed should come forward to the principal or
whistleblowing charity - https://www.gov.uk/pay-and-work-rights