Whistleblowing Policy
Whistleblowing Policy
Whistleblowing Policy
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1. PURPOSE
ItshallbethepolicyofBCDAtocarry°utitsgovemanceprocesseslnatramSparent,
responsiblcandac∞untablemannerandwiththeutmostdegreeofprofessionalism
ande統ctivcness・Itshalllikewisepromoteresponsiblereportlnganddisclosureof
infOmationvltaltoBCDAtoincreasethepossibilityofdctectingをaud,briberyand
∞rmption,andtopunishitspcrpetrators.
TheWhistleblowingPolicyaimsto−
PrOVideinfbmation・and eventestifi′OnmatterS.involvmgtheactions or
Omissions oftheBCDA O締cers and Employees,lnCludingMembers ofthe
BCDAB。ard,血atareillegal,unethical,Violategoodgovemancepmciplesand
theBCDACodeof Conduct,areagalnStpublicpolicyandmorals,prOmOte
unsoundandunhea肌ybusinesspracti。eSWhlcharegrosslydisadvantageousto
BCDA.
●Impress upon the employces ofBCDA thatitis their bounden duty and
responsibilityaspublicseIVantStOdisclosewrongdoings∞mm誼edbytheirco一
〇鯖cialsandco−emPloyees.
● Prescribethe魚cilityfbrreportingreportableconditions,andprocedures fbr
handlingrq)OrtS.
●Ident咋yanddescribereportabledisclosures/conditionscoveredwithinthes∞pc
OfthisPolicy.
.De丘neandprescribetheprotectiona餓)rdedtoWhistlebIower/smdwitnesses,
Increasingthenowofinfbmat中thTOughwhistleblowingimprovesthee餓ciency
Ofcomlption∞ntr01sbybhnglngOutintheopencorruptpracticesthatarewe11−
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2, COVERAGE
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employces/workersunderContractsofServce,andConsult ntsprovidingserviceto
BCDAunderConsultancyAgTeementSShallbc∞VeredbythisPolicy−
3. DEFINITIONOFTERMS
Web−basedAnonymousReportingSystem−atoOlormechaLnismbywhichthe
O綿cersandemployeeofBCDA,BCDAGroup,BCDAstakeholders,mdthegeneral
Public,CanrePOrtethical∞nCemSmdsuspectcdE・audulentactivltiesin∞n丘dmce
Withoutfearofriskorrepnsal.
BCDAIntegri吋MonitoringCommittee(BIMC)−re危rstothespecialcomm誼ee
taskedtohandletheimplemcntatlOnOfthisPolicy.
ReSpOndent−thepcrsonwhoisthesubjectoftheWhistleblowerReportsubmittcd
totheBIMC∞VeredbythlSPolicy.
ReteLliadon −anydetrimentalact,directorindirect,reCOmmended,threatenedor
takenagalnStaWhistieblowerorwitnessorpersonassociatedwiththewhistleblower
。rWitnessinamannermaterialtothecomplaintbecauseofthcreportorcooperatlOn
WiththeBCDAinvestigationbythewhistleblowerorwitness.Itincludes,butisnot
limitedtoharassmentldlSchminatoIytreatmen‘,aSSrglmentOfworkoutsidethe
corresponding job description言n坤PrOPnate perfbmanoe∴apPraisals or salary
aqiustmcnts,Orthewithholdingofanen証lement.
Whistleblower−referstoanypersonwho言ngoodfaith,VQluntarilyreports,Oris
believedtobeabouttoreport,Orisbelievedtohavereport地aboutasuspected
integntyviolation∞mmittedbyaBCDAo鯖ceroremployee・ThcWhistleblower
mayormaynotbeano餓CerormployeeofBCDAorofthesubsidiariesofBCDA.
The Whistleblower has to showin his/her disclosure that the BCDA ol話cer or
employee‘‘hasengaged,isengaglngOrProP。SeStOengageinimproperconduct‘“or
‘‘hastaken,istakingorproposestotakedetrimentalaction’’
WhiStlebIowerRepoIt(WR)−referstothecomplaint創edbytheWⅢstleblower
about a Reportable Condition.The Whistleblower shalluse the Whistleblower
Complaint/DisclosureFominmakingthereport.
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BffectiveDate:
Whistleblowing−istheactofreportmgsuspectedintegntyviolationthatneedstobe
coneCted°rteminatedinordertoprotectthepublicintercst.ItlSalsoviewcdasa
rOmof“ethicalinfbmlng’’whichismotivatedbythedesiret°PrOteCtmdpromote
thepubliclntCreSt.
Witness−reftrstomypersonwhoisnotthcsubjectofminvestigationbutwho
PrOVidesinfbmationorevidenoeaboutthematterunderinvestigation.
4. TheBCDAINTEGRITYMONITORINGCOMMITTEEandtheSUPERUSER
TheBCDAIntegrityMonitoringCommittee(BIMC)shallberesponsibletoassess,
evaluatemdconductprelimlnarylnVeStlgationonsubmlttedWhistleblowerReport
(WR)・TheBIMCshallbecomposedofthefbllowing:
a)GeneralCounselasChalrPerSOn;
b)VicePresident,CSG,aSViceChairperson;
C)HEA,0億ceofthePresidentandCEO,aSMember
d)Head,ICTD,aSMember;and
e)Head,ODMD,aSMember
TheSuperUsersshallbe毎venaccesstotheWeb−basedReportingSystemtoreceive
theWR fbrsubmission to theBIMC・me SuperUsers shallbe∴COmPOSed of
representativesをomICTDandODMD.
ASpecialOrdershaIlbeissuedbytheO綿ceofthePresidentandCEO fbrthe
CreationoftheBMC,andthedesigmtionoftheSupeUscrs・
5. GENERALPRINCIPLES
ThisPolicyshallbeguldedbytheft,llowlngpnnCIPles‥
WrOngdoingasde丘nedunderReportableConditions.
b・TheWhisdeblowero anyonewhorq)OrtSaSuSp∞tedwrongdoingmayrcmain
anonymousoruponrequest,his爪ernamebekeptconfidentid.
WhistleblowerandtheRespondent,ina∞n魚dentialandsmsitivemanncr.The
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EfrectivcDate:
identityoftheWhistleblowershallbekq)tCOn角dential,Lmless∞mPelledbylaw
torevedtheidentity.
d.Whistleblower/sshallbeaccordedprotectionandincentiveasprovidedforin
SectionlOofthisP01icy.
C.AWhistleblower,Witnessoranypersonwhoreportsfalseormaliciousa11egations
shallbeSubiecttodisciplinalyaCtioninac∞rdancewihCivilServiceRuleson
AdministrativeCases.
g.Whistleblowersandwitnesseswhohave∞mmittedwrongdoingmaynotavoid
Sanctionbyreportingreportable∞nditionsandseekprotectionasprovidedfbrin
thlSPolicy.
rq)Ortingreportableconditionscmseekreliefをomretaliati°nbysubmittinga
RetaliationComplainttotheBIMC.
6. REPORTABLE CONDITIONS
A備achmentfbrdetails):
i.RepublicActNo.30190therwiseknownastheAnti−Gra食andCompt
PractlCeSAct;
Plmder;
iv.BookII,TideSIVandVIIoftheRevisedPenalCode(Act3815),Crimes
agamStPublichterestandCrimesComm誼edbyPublic0億°erS;
V.BookV,TideI,Sub缶tleV ofExecutiveOrderNo.292known asthe
RevisくねAdministratlVeC°deof1987,
Vi.ViolationsunderRepubLicAct91840merwiseknownastheGovemment
ProcuremcntActanditsImplementingRulesandRegu
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上、“∴し
Vii.RepublicAct94850therwiselmownastheAnti−RedTapeActof2007
viii.BCDACodeofConduct
B.RetaLiatioIICbnPLa融−referstoacomplaint触edbytheWhistieblowerdueto
any undesirable∴aCtion taken agalnSt him爪er,andin dlrCCt reSponSe tO the
Whistleblowingb∞auSehe/Shcreportedareportablecondition.
C・DIscTIiminatio′ZCoIやtahIt−referstoadi鯖erenttreatmentbasedonapersonal
Cha.ractehstic(race,ethnicorigin,SeXualohentation,disability,age,etC.)which
hasanadverseimpactonanindividualorgroup,
D・nOtenCeOrT請Tleat−referstoanexprcssionofthelntentiontoinflictevil,lnJury,
Ordamagetoapersonortheirproperty.
7. REPORTINGCHANNELS
TheWhistleblowershallhavetheをeehandinchoosinghisnlerpreferredreporting
channel,eitherthroughintemalorextemalchannels.Amongtheoptionsarelisted
hereunder.
a・Web−basedAnonymousReportingSystem
TheWhistleblowPrmayOpttOrePOrtrePOmわleconditi。nSthroughtheBCDA
Web−basedreportlngfacility・Thesystemshallprovidcatemplatetog叫idethe
WhistleblowerindiscloslngrepOmあle∞nditlOnS.Thesystemshallalsoallow
theWhistleblowertorevisitthesiteandcheckthestatusofthereport・Thesystem
Shallalso enabletheWhistleblowertomakeadditlOnalinfbmationonhisher
previousreport・ThesystemrequlreStWOdesignatedSuperUserstoreceivethe
WR・TheWhistleblowercan∞mmunicatewi血theSuperUsersuslngaunlquc
ticketnumberandlinkwhichisgeneratedbythesystcmperloggedreport・
b.AnonymousLc備er
(P/CEO)・ChalrPerSOnOrTembers。ftheBIMC,OrtOanO飾ceroremployeeto
Wh°m theWhistleblowerlS cOmfbrtable with becausehe/shebelieves thatthe
infbmatlOnWillbehandledwithstrict∞nndcntiality・Thco綿ceI・。remPloyee,
to whomtheWhistleblowerdiscIosesthereportablccondition,Shallref訂the
sametotheBIMC.
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C.0thcrmediumofdisclosingreportableconditionsshallbethmugh:
> Ele〇億OnicMail > Faccto魚∞meedng
> Telephoneorthroughtext > Fax
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8. HANDLING REPORTABLECONDITIONS
&I SubmissioIZandRece¢)tqf肋is施btowerRqorB
ThcWR∞urSedthroughthedi舵rentreportingchannelsshallinitiallybe
receivedaccordinglyasfbllows:
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3.Mail 売T 3 h V gF U T r vV觚& ト6 V Vツ
The∞nCemedBIMCMemberwhosha11∞nductmeFace−to−Facemeetlng
withtheWhistleblowershallbereSpOnSibleto餌lydisclosetheWRtothe
BIMC.
&2Preli〃壷aJyEval〟aIionがR優,0応〆0m砺e〝偽放たblower
ThedesignatedreclplentOftheWRshallrequcsttheChairpersonoftheBIMC,
to convene the BIMC meetlng tO COnduct prelimlnary eValuatlon and
assessmentoftheWR.TheBIMCshalldetermineiftheinfOmationreportcd
bytheWhlStleblowerissu錦cient・Theinfbmationissu飾clentif:
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E統ctiveDate:
> TheRespondcntissu飾ciently佃articularlyident綿edbyhisnler血llname
andposition;and
> Thecommittedactsarespecinc,includingtherelevantandmaterial魚cts
(e・g・nature,timeandplaceoftheincident/∞ndition,PerSOnSinvoIved,
SuPPOmngevldencc,andotherimportantinfomation,aSSPec窺edinthc
WCD,neCeSSarytOeStablishacase)
TheBIMCmayopttodismisstheWRoutrightifit丘nds,afterthe∞nductof
initialassessmentoftheWR,that:
a)TheallcgationsoftheWhistleblowerare魚bricated,maliciousanduntrue.
A dtscやIinafy aCtion mqy belaken against such mistIeblowerin
accordancewiththeBCDApolicisandLuPGcabIecivilsen,ieeruLesand
guideLines.
b)TheWRisnotadcquatelysupportedbydocqmentaryevidence,andthe
Respondentisnotsu飾cientlyidentiRed.
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AprelimlnarylnVeStigationshallbe∞nductedbytheBMCaftcrithasbeen
establishedthattheWRisdeteminedtobesui範cient.Therecommendationto
ConductpreliminarylnVeStigationshallbesubm誼edtotheBCDAP/CEOR)r
approval.
IntheeventthattheRespondentinvoIvesano話cerorcmployeewhoISa
member°fme BIMC or hisnler Subordinate/S,SuCh member shallnot be
investlgationtoavoidthepel℃ePtionofbiasandconmctofinterest.
UnderhighlyextremecircumstancesthattheRespondentisidenti丘edtobe
SOm∞neWhooccupiesasensitive.positionintheorganization(BCDA)・ahigh
levelindependmt specialinvestlgatlng CommltteC Shdl bc∞nStituted to
COnductthepreliminaryand/orfbmalinvestlgat10n.The∞mpOSitionofsuch
commltteeShallbedesignatedandapprovedbytheBCDABoard,absentsuch
ぬultinghighranking0億cer.
&4 Cbnductd‘aFom!alhDe暗ation
lfthcresultoftheprelimlnaYlnVeStlgationshowsmatthereportablecondition
WammtSme創ingofafbmalchaJge,theBIMCshallrecommendtheconduct
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Ofafbmalinvestigat10ninaccordmcewithBCDApoliciesmdapplicablecivil
SerViceIulesmdguidelincs.Saidreoommendationshallbesubj cttoapprovai
by血eBCDAP/CEO.AseparateInvestlgatingBodyshallbecreatくねR)rthis
purpOSe・
Respondent.
ThelnvesdgatingBodyshalldraftitsre∞mmendationonthebasisofthemerits
ofthe testimonialand documentary evidence,md submit the same to the
ChaimanofBIMC.
8.5 R優,0膿ingandMo戒oring
UponIeCeiptofthereportをomtheInvestlgatingBody,theCharmerSOnOfthe
BIMC shallconveneameetingfbr心eputposeofissulngareSoluti。nfbr
su)missiontotheP/CEO.ThePICEOshallhavethediscretiontoapproveand
implementtheres01utionoftheBIMCasrecommendedbythelnvestigating
Body,OrtOelevatethesametotheBCDABoardfbrhrtherdisposition・
Uponapprovalofthefinalresolution,thecaserecordsshallbeclosedandthe
Whistleblowershallbenot愉edac∞rdingly.
TheBIMCshallmaintainacase剤eofallwhistleblowlngrePOrtSre∞ived,and
shallsubmitaquarterlyreporttotheBCDABoardindicatlngthefbllowing:(a)
Reportsreccived;¢)Statusofoutstmdingreports;md(c)Finalresolutionof
dlccaSC.
SanctionslnVOIvlngdisciplinaryactionsmus‘befikねlnthe20lfneofthe
Respondents.
BCDAManagementmay血rtherelevatethecasetotheCivilServi∞Commissionor
totheO飾ceoftheOmbudsman asthecasemaybe,fbrappropnatcdisposition・
9. WITHDRAWALOFREPORTBYTHEWHISTLEBLOWER
IntheeventthattheWhistld〕lowerwlthdrawshisreport,Citherduetohis爪erown
freewillorduetoharassment,theinvestigationshallcontinueprovidedthatthe
evidencegatheredisSufHcientlnaCCOrdancewithSection8・20fthispoIicy・
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10. MITIGATINGTHERISKSOFⅧISTLEBLOWING
A.Profed加g脇叔hblowers
Whistleblowersneedtobeproectcdanden∞uagedbecausetheyvQlunteernew
amdcmcialinfbmation aboutcertainwI・Ongdoings.RecogmlZingdlcreleof
Whistleblowet’Sinestablishingacultureofa∞Ountability,honestyandintegrlty,
BCDAmustensurethatappropriateprotectionandsupportshallbeglVentOme
Whistleblower/ssuchas:
2.ProtectionG・OmrCtaliationandharassmcnt
SanctlOnSmuStbeprovidedagainstBCDAo飾cer/sandemployee/swhoare
PrOVentOhaveinitiatCdretaliatoryandharassmentactsO?aSedonwoIkplace
interaction)againstWhistld)10WerS
3・Provisionfbrphysicalsecurity,tOincludethewhistleblower’sfamily,Ona
casetocasebasis.
4・Phorityintherequestfbrworktrans危r,Subjecttocertainqual誼cations
5.Sa危guardをommedia∞Verage
6.Securityofemploymentand/orc・areerprOteCtion
7.Proo∞tionをomattackagalnStPerSOnalreputation
The protection herein provided fbr the Wmistleblowers shall extend to the
Witness/es who may have been subject to retaliation as a∞nSequenCe Of
hisnler/theircoopera110nWiththeinvestigatingbody.
B. Re…α肋centilやtO W乃巌bloWerS
Whistleblowing.Theincentiveandrewardmalbeinthefbmof(a)Re∞gl血on;
Theawardofincentivesandrewardsshallbesubjecttothefbllowlng:
1.RewardsshallbeglVenOnlyfbrwhistleblowingBCDAo飾cers,t。include
anymemberoftheBCDABoard.BCDAo橋CersshallincludesupervISOry
mdmanagehalpositions(SG24to31);
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3.TheBIMCshalldetemmethereward/incentivebasedonthefbllowlng:
> Motive°rPnmaryreaSOnOftheWhistleblowerfbrwhistleblowlng;and
> MagnitudeandsigniRcmtimpacttoBCDAofthedisclosedinfbmation
4.RewardsshallnotbegiventoWhistleblowerswithillmotives,andwhomake
allegationsfbundtobe魚bricatedormalicious;and
5・AWhistleblowerwhowithdrawshisnlerrePOrtShalln°tbeentitledtothe
incentiveandrewardevenifhisnlemepOrthasprosperedintoacaseinwhich
a魚VorabIedecisIOnOnthepartofBCDAwasmade.
11. RESOLUTIONPERIOD
AllcaseshereinanslngをOmtheWRmustberesolvedwithlnareaSOnabletimeas
det minedbytheBIMC金一Omthetimeallrelevantinfbmationanddocumentary
evidencehavebeenobtained.
12. RESPONSIBILITY
TheBIMCshallberesponsiblefortheimplementationofthisPolicy.
13. EFFECTIVITY
ThisPolicyshallbee鯖ectiveimmediatelyuponissuanceoftheO鯖ceOrderbythe
BCDAP/CEOand afterpostlngOntheBCDABulletinBoardandwebsitefbr
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