Reporting Business Conduct Violations

This chapter provides an overview of the Business Conduct Alert feature and discusses how to :

Click to jump to parent topicUnderstanding the Business Conduct Alert Feature

The Business Conduct Alert feature enables individuals to report violations of appropriate business conduct. This feature includes a pagelet for reporting violations, and pages for reviewing submitted incidents. All reports are completely anonymous; the system does not track the IDs of individuals that report an incident.

Click to jump to parent topicSubmitting an Incident Report

Use the Report Business Conduct pagelet to report an incident.

See Report Business Conduct Pagelet.

Click to jump to parent topicReviewing Submitted Incidents

This section discusses how to:

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicPages Used to Review Submitted Incidents

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Definition Name

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Usage

Reported Business Conduct

EPQ_VW_RPT_INCID

Internal Controls Enforcer, Business Conduct Alert, Reported Business Conduct

View submitted business conduct incidents.

Incident Details

EPQ_INCIDNT_DTL

Click the text for an incident in the incident column on the Reported Business Conduct page.

Review the history of an incident, update its status, and indicate any action taken.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicViewing Reported Incidents

Access the Reported Business Conduct page (Internal Controls Enforcer, Business Conduct Alert, Reported Business Conduct).

Search Criteria

Specify the criteria for which incidents to review.

Status

Specify the status of incidents to review. Options are:

New: Select to view new incidents. This is the default value for this field.

Closed: Select to view closed incidents.

Under Review: Select to view incidents that are being reviewed.

Submit From Date and To Date

Enter the date range for which to view incidents. Leave blank to view all incidents with the specified status.

Refresh

Click to populate the Reported Incidents grid with the incidents that meet the specified search criteria.

Reported Incidents

This grid contains the list of incidents that meet the specified criteria. Click the incident description to access the Incident Details page, where you can review the incident history, update the incident status, and record any action taken.

Click to jump to top of pageClick to jump to parent topicUpdating an Incident

Access the Incident Details page (click the text for an incident in the incident column on the Reported Business Conduct page).

Updating an Incident

Use the fields within the Follow-up group box to record activity related to the incident.

Status

Select a value to change the incident status. Options are: New, Closed, or Under Review.

Action Taken

Enter a description of the action taken.

Reviewing Incident History

Use the History group box to review all entries that have been recorded for an incident.