# Whistleblowing

URL: /systems/legal-and-corporate/floor/whistleblowing · Id: `floorRow:whistleblowing`

> Whistleblowing keeps a reporting line outside management, acknowledges each report within seven days, answers within three months, and bars retaliation.

Whistleblowing keeps a reporting line outside management, acknowledges each report within seven days, answers within three months, and bars retaliation.

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Wakes | A Startup seats its first Human, or reaches 50 workers in the EU. |
| Process | [Whistleblower reports](/workflows/processes/whistleblower-reports) |
| Signs | [Compliance Officer](/agents/legal/compliance-officer), [Legal Team](/agents/legal) |
| Sources | EU Whistleblower Directive 2019/1937, Arts. 8–9 and 19; Dodd-Frank anti-retaliation, 15 U.S.C. 78u-6(h); AICPA Trust Services Criteria CC2.3 |