سياسة: الإبلاغ عن المخالفات في مؤسسة ويكيميديا

نحن - في مؤسسة ويكيميديا - جادّون في الامتثال القانوني، ونحرص على حماية المُبلّغين عن المخالفات الذين يُبلغوننا بحسن نية عن حالات محتملة من السلوك غير القانوني أو المخالفات المالية. يجب على أعضاء المجلس ومسؤولينا وموظفينا ومتطوعينا والمتعاقدين المستقلين المُعيّنين لتقديم خدمات في مؤسسة ويكيميديا، الامتثال للقوانين واللوائح السارية في أداء واجباتهم ومسؤولياتهم. تنطبق سياسة المُبلّغين عن المخالفات هذه على جميع هؤلاء الأفراد.

نتشارك جميعًا مسؤولية ضمان خلو بيئة العمل من السلوكيات غير القانونية والمخالفات المالية. إذا تلقيتم شكوى مشمولة بهذه السياسة أو إذا لاحظتم أي سلوك تعتقدون بشكل معقول أنه قد يكون مشمولًا بها، فإننا نتوقع منكم الإبلاغ عن تلك الشكوى أو السلوك بحسن نية، ونشجعكم على استخدام القنوات المنصوص عليها في هذه السياسة. كما نتوقع من موظفينا وجميع الجهات المرتبطة بمؤسسة ويكيميديا ​​التعاون الكامل مع أي تحقيقات في الشكاوى.

النطاق والأهداف

تحدد هذه السياسة إجراءات الإبلاغ وحماية المُبلّغين عن المخالفات المتعلقة بالشكاوى المتعلقة بالانتهاكات القانونية المحتملة والمخالفات المالية. لا تشمل هذه السياسة جميع أنواع الشكاوى أو سوء السلوك إلا أن السياسات الأخرى التي تُنظّم هذه الشكاوى وسوء السلوك تحمي أيضًا من الانتقام مَن يُقدّمون بلاغات/شكاوى بحسن نية. على سبيل المثال، تُغطّي سياسات أخرى التحرش الجنسي والتمييز والنزاعات مع زملاء العمل وأنواعًا مختلفة من تضارب المصالح. هذه الشكاوى سوف ترسل إلى قنوات إبلاغ وسيتم إجراء عمليات تحقيق مختلفة ويجب الإبلاغ عنها إلى أعضاء مُحدّدين في قسم المواهب والثقافة بالمؤسسة أو إلى الشخص أو القسم المُختصّ، وفقًا لما هو مُبيّن في السياسة ذات الصلة.

الأهداف الرئيسية لسياسة المبلغين عن المخالفات هي:

1. تشجيع الإبلاغ بحسن نية عن الأنشطة المشتبه بها (أ) غير القانونية، أو (ب) إساءة استخدام الموارد أو الممتلكات الخاصة بمؤسسة ويكيميديا ​​بشكل احتيالي أو غير أمين أو غير أخلاقي؛ و
2. حماية أولئك الذين يبلغوننا بحسن نية عن مثل هذه الأنشطة أو الذين يستخدمون قنوات الإبلاغ الأخرى المتاحة بموجب القانون أو اللوائح المعمول بها.

مع أن هذه السياسة توفر آلية إبلاغ لتنبيه مؤسسة ويكيميديا ​​بأي مخاوف، إلا أنه قد تكون لديك قنوات إبلاغ وحقوق إضافية بموجب القوانين واللوائح المحلية أو الولائية أو الفيدرالية المعمول بها، بما في ذلك الإبلاغ مباشرةً إلى جهات إنفاذ القانون. مع ذلك، نشجعك على تقديم بلاغات بموجب هذه السياسة لضمان أن تتمكن مؤسسة ويكيميديا ​​من التحقيق في مخاوفك بشكل كامل.

ما الذي يجب عليك الإبلاغ عنه؟

As noted, if you reasonably and in good faith believe that you have witnessed or been informed about potentially unlawful conduct or misuse of Wikimedia Foundation resources or property, you should report such instances. We encourage you to use the Wikimedia Foundation channels stated under this policy to report any policy, practice, or conduct of the Wikimedia Foundation that you reasonably believe to be (a) illegal activity under applicable local, state, or federal laws and regulations; or (b) fraudulent, dishonest, or unethical misuse of resources or property of the Wikimedia Foundation, including but not limited to, misappropriation of funds; falsification of financial records; fraudulent financial reporting or actions that may lead to such fraudulent reporting; destroying, altering, concealing, or falsifying a document or official proceeding; fraudulently influencing or misleading any independent public accountant engaged in the performance of an audit of the Wikimedia Foundation's financial statements; or any other form of financial impropriety (this is not meant to be an exhaustive list but rather a guide to the types of improper behavior covered by this policy).

Who may submit a report?

Wikimedia Foundation Trustees, officers, employees, volunteers, and independent contractors hired to perform services at the Wikimedia Foundation.

How do you submit a report?

With respect to reports made within the Wikimedia Foundation under this policy, you may report your concerns verbally or in writing to any one of the following: your manager, the supervisor of your manager, a designated individual in the Talent & Culture department (namely, the Chief Talent and Culture Officer, the Chargée d'Affaires, or the People Relations and Inclusion Lead), the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel, the Executive Director, the Chair of the Audit Committee, or the Chair of the Board of Trustees. You may also report your concerns anonymously through our hotline with an independent service.

If the subject of your report is the Executive Director, you may report your concerns directly to the Chair of the Audit Committee or the Chair of the Board of Trustees. If the subject of any report is the Chair of the Audit Committee, you may report your concerns directly to the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

What happens after a report is submitted?

All reports will be subject to an initial assessment. Assuming the report falls within this policy, it shall be handled by the Chair of the Audit Committee, who is responsible for overseeing assessments and investigations of concerns about potentially unlawful activity or misuse of the Wikimedia Foundation resources or property reported under this policy. As noted above, if the subject of any report is the Chair of the Audit Committee, the report may be forwarded directly to the Chair of the Board of Trustees.

The Chair of the Audit Committee may request the assistance of others, including the General Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer, other members of the Audit Committee, other staff members, and potentially outside counsel in the investigation and resolution of the report. However, no trustee, officer, or staff member may participate in the investigation of a report of which he or she is the subject, or be present at any deliberation or vote.

All concerns of unlawful conduct forwarded to the Chair of the Audit Committee will be promptly assessed and investigated and, when warranted, corrective action may be taken.

Confidentiality

Reports covered by this policy will be kept confidential to the extent possible, consistent with conducting a complete and fair investigation and achieving an appropriate resolution. This may require sharing the information in the report with other people, such as appropriate staff members, other witnesses, the Board of Trustees, the Audit Committee, and the Wikimedia Foundation's outside accountants and lawyers.

Unless you submit your concerns anonymously, we will notify you about what actions will be taken (or not taken) to the extent that is reasonably possible and consistent with any privacy or confidentiality limitations. If there will be no further action or investigation, we will also provide an explanation to you to the extent that is reasonably possible and consistent with any privacy or confidentiality limitations.

What is the difference between reporting "anonymously" and reporting "confidentially"?

If you submit your report anonymously, we will not know your identity to the extent your report does not contain details that might identify you. All reports (and your identity, if you choose to disclose it) will be kept confidential within the reporting channel, consistent with our obligation to conduct a complete and fair investigation. We will share your report or otherwise disclose your report as appropriate only to conduct a complete and fair investigation and achieve an appropriate resolution, to review the Wikimedia Foundation operations in general, or to comply with applicable law.

Protection from retaliation

Consistent with this policy and applicable law, the Wikimedia Foundation will not discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or retaliate against you based on the fact that you (a) acted in accordance with this policy, when done in good faith; or (b) exercised your rights under local, state, or federal laws and regulations.

Activities protected from retaliation include:

1. Submitting reasonable, good faith reports under this policy;

1. Initiating, testifying in, assisting or otherwise participating in any investigation, lawsuit, or administrative action regarding violations of local, state, or federal laws and regulations;

1. Providing, or expressing an intention to provide, in good faith a law enforcement officer with information relating to the commission or possible commission of any violation of local, state, or federal laws and regulations;

1. Refusing to participate in any activity that is a fraudulent, dishonest, or unethical misuse of resources or property of the Wikimedia Foundation and filing a report about this issue in accordance with this policy; and/or

1. Refusing to participate in any illegal activity in violation of applicable local, state, or federal laws and regulations.

If you reasonably believe you have been retaliated against in violation of this policy, you should follow the procedures for filing a report to any of the departments or individuals set out above. Any individual within the Wikimedia Foundation is subject to discipline if they retaliate against another individual who has reported in good faith a potential violation covered by this policy, who has cooperated in the investigation of such a violation, or who has otherwise acted in good faith in accordance with the terms of this policy.