The Company implements the Whistleblowing System as a mechanism to avoid and reduce the possibility of violations, which is not limited to business ethics and work ethics (code of ethics), Articles of Association of the Company, Partnership Agreements, contracts with external parties, company secrets, conflicts of interest, and the applicable regulations. The Company is always required to carry out its business activities based on the principles of Corporate Governance (GCG), as well as complying with the applicable laws and regulations.
The whistleblowing system is expected to be able to serve as an early warning detection for the possibility of issues due to a violation. Complaints obtained from the whistleblowing mechanism require attention and follow-up, including the imposition of appropriate penalties in order to provide a deterrent effect for violators.
The mechanism to submit the whistleblowing report refers to the Procedure for Complaints of Violation against the Code of Conduct No. DOK.WIKA-BG-PDSEKUM-PM-02 dated May 6, 2018. All Company employees could submit reports regarding the alleged violations to the Company’s GCG Compliance Team through media letters addressed to the Company’s Head Office.
The Company presents several important matters in terms of reporting violations:
The company guarantees protection for reporters related to threats/actions received as a result of reports of violations and keeps confidential and provides proper protection to reporters and/or witnesses to violations and criminal acts that occur within the Company. Protection for reporters also applies to managers of the violation reporting system, parties carrying out investigations, as well as parties providing information related to the complaint.
The mechanism for handling violation reporting are as follows:
The Company grants authority to the GCG Compliance Team to manage complaints of Violations. The GCG Compliance Team is directly responsible to the President Director. The GCG Compliance Team consists of the Investigation Team (External Investigator) and the Internal Investigation Team from the IAU.
During the 2022 period, there were no reports of violations that occurred within the Company. Thus, it can be concluded that during 2022 there were no irregularities or violations reported by employees to the Gratuity Reporting and Violation Complaints Management Team.