The BDO Whistleblower Hotline

The BDO Whistleblower Hotline is an independent and confidential service facilitated by Stopline. This service allows eligible persons to make disclosures anonymously (if they elect) where they have reasonable grounds to suspect that BDO or a BDO staff member has engaged in illegal activity, misconduct, an improper state of affairs, conduct that represents danger to the public or the financial system or otherwise reportable conduct. Reportable conduct includes:

• Fraudulent activity
• Money laundering or misappropriation of funds
• Corruption
• Illegal actions
• Dishonest or unethical behaviour
• The creation or facilitation of an unsafe environment
• Breaches of company policy
• Instances of discrimination
• Harassment and/or bullying
• Behaviour that is generally detrimental to BDO and could cause financial or non-financial loss
• Conduct that is generally detrimental to an eligible person, or a person who is believed or suspected to be an eligible person, regardless of whether that conduct has been engaged in or threatened
• Modern slavery practices as set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2018 (Cth).

The service includes:

• Dedicated hotline number, website, fax, mail and email address for employees, contractors and other stakeholders to report suspected incidents of improper conduct.
• Expert forensic investigators taking the calls and analysing disclosures.
• Timely reporting of incidents to dedicated representatives within BDO.

Stopline has been at the forefront of disclosure management services for over a decade and has partnered with some of Australia’s most iconic companies to assist them in demonstrating their commitment to supporting staff, contractors and other stakeholders with demonstrable best practice corporate governance initiatives.