The Receiving Persons will treat your report through multiple stages, namely
Initial Assessment,
Investigation and
Conclusion.
After the submission of your report, the Receiving Person will review whether the concern of misconduct falls within the scope of this procedure and whether the allegation is supported by facts sufficient to warrant further inquiry.
If the concern does not fall under the above categories or cannot be supported by facts, or facts reported are inconsistent, or trivial, or the concern clearly appears to be false, the Receiving Person should then close the case, unless further information so justifies, and will inform the FIA competent bodies as required.
In this case, you will be informed thereof by the Receiving Person and any data which may disclose the identity of the Identified Person will be deleted.
At this stage, the Receiving Person should inform you that an investigation is underway. The Receiving Person will keep you informed of the progress of the investigation and its likely timescale, unless confidentiality needs prevent him/her from doing so.
The Identified Person will have the opportunity to respond to the allegations.
Your identity and the identity of the witnesses will be kept confidential (please find below more information).
Possible outcomes:
- No finding: if the investigation does not find that there has been misconduct, the Receiving Person will propose to close the case;
- Findings detected: if the investigation reveals misconduct, the Receiving Person will forward the conclusions and supporting evidence, including any proposed corrective actions as the case may be, to the competent FIA body, who will take a decision.
In both cases, the Receiving Person will inform you of the outcome of the investigation.
