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

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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

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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Firstly, I would address this issue directly with my boss and communicate my findings. His reaction depends on my further process. Either he deals with it and tries to revises his mistake, otherwise my next step would be to communicate it to other involved parties like his boss.

Depending on the person and situation I would first talk to the person in specific and if needed I would go to a superior. 

I would understand why and then report it.

Ich rede zuerst mit ihm persönlich darüber und versuche das Problem untereinander zu lösen. Sollte er jedoch nicht damit aufhören, muss ich mich gezwungen fühlen es der Firma weiterzuleiten, da es der Firma und mir schaden könnte.

I will talk with him/her and do my best to stop it

i probably communicate with them and find out why they are doing it and try to find a legal solution  and after that contact the legal department and try to clean up and lingering issue from the work and do, if not contact the legal department and move it with them

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

I will sue him

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

I will discuss about it with my reporting manager and if it does not work out, I will go up till the zenith of the pyramid and ensure a solution is arrived at. 

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

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.

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

talk to him in private and reminded him with laws 

Go to compliance 

auf den Sachverhalt ansprechen, gemeinsam Lösungen finden 

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.

Inform the law enforcements of the state.

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I would reach Compliance Dept.

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

report

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

Do research, confirm is illegal with lawyer, report

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

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

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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.

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. 

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.