Why should I submit a report?

Compliance with statutory, social and company-internal rules is part of a positive and open company culture.

Perhaps you are aware of damaging behaviour or risks that endanger the company. Your report will help to expose financial losses and image damage in a timely manner, and you will ensure the sustainable success of the company and the continued availability of jobs.

What kinds of reports are useful to BWT/BHT?

Reports about violations of legal and organisation-internal regulations will be accepted and forwarded.

You will receive detailed information on the possible categories of a report during the reporting process.

What is the process for submitting a report? How do I set up a postbox?

To submit an anonymous or personalised report, start by clicking the “Submit Report” button at the top of our introduction page.

There are 4 steps to the report process:

1. First, you will be asked to read some information on the protection of your anonymity and to respond to a security query.
2. On the following page, you will be asked about the category of your report.
3. On the report page, you can elaborate on your report in your own words and answer questions about the incident by simply selecting responses. You can type up to 5000 characters into the free text field, which corresponds to a full A4 page. You may also submit a file of up to 5 MB to support your report. Please bear in mind that documents can contain information about the author. Following the submission of your report, you will receive a reference number to confirm that you have sent this report.
4. Please subsequently set up your own secured postbox. You will receive feedback from us via this postbox, including answers to questions and information about the progress of your report.

If you already have a secured postbox, you can access it directly via the “Login” button. Here, too, you will have to answer a security query first.

As long as you do not enter any data from which conclusions about your person can be drawn, the technology of the BKMS^® System will protect your anonymity.

Please rest assured that we are interested only in the case you are reporting. Malpractices must be revealed and financial losses prevented.

How do I receive feedback and remain anonymous at the same time?

The BKMS^® System process used here places the utmost importance on protecting the whistleblower. The system’s anonymity protection function is certified by an independent body.

When you set up your secured postbox, you choose your pseudonym/user name and password yourself. These credentials are not visible to anyone except yourself. If you lose your login information, please submit a new report and set up a new postbox. If possible, please provide the reference number of your previous report. The new postbox will not contain any content associated with your previous report.

Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other specialised security measures. You will never be asked for personal information if you submit a report anonymously. Do not submit any information that can be traced back to you. Please do not use any device, such as a PC or smartphone, that has been provided by your employer to submit your report.

Via the secured postbox, an examiner will give you feedback about the further processing of your information or ask you questions if some details are still unclear – you remain anonymous throughout the dialogue. We are interested in reports to avoid damage, not in you as a whistleblower.

What will happen after I submit my report?

To ensure an objective initial evaluation, all reports are initially sent directly to our external liaison lawyer, Dr. Bernd Illichmann. He is professionally obligated to maintain confidentiality and will protect the anonymity of the whistleblower – even with respect to BWT/BHT.

After submitting a report, you can set up a secured postbox, which can be used to communicate with our liaison lawyer. Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other special security routines.

The lawyer will perform an initial evaluation. After this evaluation, he will forward the report and the results to the Compliance Team with a recommendation to carry out further investigations or to cease investigation.