Internal whistleblower channel

You can blow the whistle when there is misconduct that there is a public interest in revealing. Examples of misconduct that are normally covered are violations of laws and regulations, corruption, bribery, economic crime, misuse of financial resources and serious harassment. Violations within a variety of laws and regulations with EU legal basis such as public procurement, product safety and environmental protection are also covered.

Information that only concerns your personal work situation, such as dissatisfaction with salary or similar, generally does not constitute a whistleblower case and should not be reported through the service.

The Act does not apply to reporting of classified information pursuant to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) or information relating to national security in activities of a public authority within the defence and security area.

You do not need to have proof of your report, it is sufficient that you have reasonable grounds to believe that the information you provide is true. The report may not be based on rumour or hearsay, and it is not permitted to lie or knowingly provide false information in the report.

Who can blow the whistle?

You can blow the whistle if you have received information about misconduct in a work-related context. Your role towards Vinnova should be one of the following:

• worker
• job seeker at Vinnova
• person who seeks or performs volunteer work
• person seeking or completing an internship
• person who is available to perform or performs work under the control and management of the business,
• self-employed people who are looking for or carrying out assignments,
• person who is available to be or is part of the business's administrative, management or supervisory body,
• person who has belonged to one of the categories of persons above and has received the information during their time in the business.