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Suppose you find out that your employer is doing something illegal – how do you deal with it?

PrepLounge: Personal Fit
Letzte Aktivität am 4. Feb. 2024
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Anonym A fragte am 6. Okt. 2019

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Daniel
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antwortete am 24. März 2020
McKinsey / ex-Interviewer at McKinsey / I will coach you to rock those interviews

McKinsey has recently started to test moral integrity of the candidates in the second round of the interviews – reach out to me if you want to know more.

Regarding this particular question – that's a question to test your moral integrity vs loyalty to your employer – it goes without saying, the former is more important than the latter, but I would construct a multiple step answer:

  • Firstly, you should address the issue with your employer right away – maybe your employer doesn’t know that they are doing something illegal. So, talk about it openly with your boss – do not avoid responsibility (if your employer is doing something illegal, you as an extension of your company are also doing something illegal);
  • Secondly, offer help to sort it out – help your employer to stop illegal activities;
  • Lastly, if you see that the issue continues, go to the boss of your boss and address it;
  • As a last resort, if this also doesn’t help – go public / to a police / a controlling body who is supervising your employer.

Best,
Daniel

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Janine antwortete am 4. Feb. 2024

Ich weise ihn/sie in erster Linie darauf hin - ggf. ist das Bewusstsein nicht gegeben. Ansonsten weise ich auf legale Alternativen hin und biete meine Hilfestellung dazu an.

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Clara
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antwortete am 30. Sept. 2020
McKinsey | Awarded professor at Master in Management @ IE | MBA at MIT |+180 students coached | Integrated FIT Guide aut

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Keshav
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antwortete am 6. Jan. 2023

Report to HR first giving the reasons why i feel so.

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Sebastiano antwortete am 5. Apr. 2022

I will sue him

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Anonym D antwortete am 6. Okt. 2021

Discuss the issue with the employer. Help finding solutions. Report the issue to higher positions/ compliance office.

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Anonym L antwortete am 28. Mai 2023

Inform the law enforcements of the state.

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Patrick antwortete am 23. Mai 2023

Consult your company whistleblowing policy and follow the designated policy. If there is no Whistleblowing policy then contact the Chair of the Board to report it to them, requesting an update on resolution and complete anonymity. If nothing is done within an appropriate time frame, report the issue to the authorities in line with whistleblower protection legislation.

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Anonym K antwortete am 4. Mai 2023

auf den Sachverhalt ansprechen, gemeinsam Lösungen finden 

 

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Anonym J antwortete am 28. März 2023

Go to compliance 

 

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Bader antwortete am 4. März 2023

talk to him in private and reminded him with laws 

 

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Anonym I antwortete am 9. Jan. 2023

i woul tell him he was doing something wronh and then say my supervisor

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Rochelle antwortete am 21. Okt. 2021

I suppose it depends on who it is affecting. If someone was going to be hurt by it, or if it put me in jeopardy, I would be keeping record and confront them about the activity and how it is affecting others. If it was still happening, I would likely find a different job.

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Anonym antwortete am 29. Apr. 2020

Hi A,

If you ever figure out that your employer is doing something illegal then you can either file for compliance case within the company . Also, you can still take your responsibility and do the action. If you don't take any action you comply with this, otherwise you can simply quit it.

Best,

André

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Anonym M antwortete am 2. Juli 2023

First, I will talk directly to my boss to raise the issue and see if he is conscious about it. If he is not, I will try to help him to sort it out.

If the issue continues, I will raise the problem to higher manager. As last resort and when there is no solution, I will go to controlling body supervising my employer, police and publicly.

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Johannes antwortete am 31. Mai 2023

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Javier antwortete am 10. Juli 2022

Report to IC. If this is not feasible/effective, go to authorities.

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Anonym H antwortete am 27. Apr. 2022

Kommt drauf an, wie das Ausmaß des verbotenen ist. Zunächst den Arbeitgeber oder Kollegen besprechen und dann über nächste Schritte beraten.

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Anonym G antwortete am 22. März 2022

Do research, confirm is illegal with lawyer, report

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Anonym F antwortete am 25. Jan. 2022

Approach boss directly to talk about the observation and to find out if it's really true.

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Gee Gee antwortete am 21. Okt. 2021

report

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Anonym E antwortete am 10. Okt. 2021

If presented with this current situation, I would bring the issue to HR after gathering all information about the case.

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Anonym C bearbeitete die Antwort am 15. Sept. 2021

I would reach Compliance Dept.

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Antoine antwortete am 7. Okt. 2020

see answer

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Anonym B antwortete am 17. Apr. 2020

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Anonym O antwortete am 3. Okt. 2023

First I'd like to have a talk with my employer and hope to convince them to no longer do it. If that doesn't work go to their superior. As a last solution I'd have no choice but to report them.

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Anonym N antwortete am 26. Juli 2023

Report the incident to my nearest manager or HR department and depending on the case to the whistleblower hotline. Apart from these, I would report the incident to the national police. 

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