The question for this column involved the ethics–and practical implications–of handling a complaint about misconduct from an unidentified whistleblower in an insurance or risk management organization.
As background, your organization has a formal Ethics Code–including a provision that requires notification of unethical activity to you. The code is silent as to whether the individual reporting the ethics violation must identify themselves.
Given that some individuals will have fear of retribution, readers were asked to explain their ethical approach to having the complaining party identify themselves before an ethics investigation begins.
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