AU now has a whistleblower scheme
The whistleblower scheme at Aarhus University is intended to make it easier to report suspicions or knowledge of unlawful activities,serious incidents of bullying and harassment or other serious offences without the risk of reprisals.
The scheme supplements the normal channels for reporting offences and concerns, for example informing one’s manager or reporting suspicions of breach of responsible conduct of research to the Research Practice Committee.
Report information
Whistleblowers wishing to report information can use the button below to access and fill out a form provided by the law firm Plesner. Plesner administers the whistleblower scheme on behalf of Aarhus University and will clarify whether the information submitted qualify for consideration under the whistleblower scheme. This is crucial in light of the special protection afforded by the Danish Act on the Protection of Whistleblowers to the different categories of persons, including employees, who report information of offences covered by the scheme.
After Plesner has assessed whether a report meets the criteria for the whistleblower scheme, it will be sent to the whistleblower unit at Aarhus University for consideration. The whistleblower unit receives all reports submitted to Plesner, regardless of whether they are covered by the whistleblower scheme or not. The unit includes lawyers from the Rector’s Office as well as representatives from the faculties and AU HR.
Read more about the whistleblower scheme here