Starplast Srl has equipped itself with an information technology tool that protects your right to report violations of national or European Union regulatory provisions that affect the integrity of the entity of which you have become aware within the scope of our employment relationship. Legislative Decree No. 24 of March 10, 2023, “Implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 23, 2019, on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and on provisions concerning the protection of persons who report breaches of national regulatory provisions,” which entered into force on March 30, 2023, introduced new provisions on Whistleblowing, which take effect on December 17, 2023.

A whistleblower is a person who reports, discloses, or reports to the judicial or accounting authority, violations of national or European Union regulatory provisions that affect the integrity of the private entity, which he or she has become aware of in a public or private employment context. Persons who work in the work context of a public or private sector entity, as: employees, self-employed workers, collaborators, freelancers, consultants, volunteers and trainees (paid and unpaid), shareholders, and persons with functions of administration, management, control, supervision, or representation are entitled to report.Such individuals must have become aware of the violation, by virtue of an employment-type relationship, which, however, may not even have begun yet (if information about violations was acquired during the selection process or other pre-contractual stages), or may have already ended (if information about violations was acquired before the termination of the relationship itself ). The information may, likewise, have been learned during the probationary period.

The individuals listed above, while being aware of certain violations, may be pressured not to report for fear of internal retaliation within the same organization, either in the context of the employment relationship (deskilling, bullying, organizational measures worsening his status, dismissal…) or in the context of human relations (estrangement from colleagues and isolation, personal retaliation). Therefore, the legislature has deemed it necessary to intervene to protect people who decide to report, providing a series of measures to protect, first and foremost, the identity of the whistleblower and the content of the report.

In order to be able to guarantee these protections, it is recommended that IT tools be used to separate the data of the reporter from the data of the report by means of encryption tools and additional technical precautions that guarantee the confidentiality and security of data storage.

The IT tool we have chosen is available to you to enable you to make reports safely. You can access the software from any device connected to the Internet, fixed or mobile, from anywhere. No installation is required. You can access the software through this link: https://servizi33.it/STARPLASTSRL

For proper use of the software, you can read the user manual.

 

Some useful information:
What you can report
You can report:
– Administrative, accounting, civil or criminal offenses; – offenses that fall within the scope of European Union or national acts relating to the following areas: public procurement; financial services, products and markets and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing; product safety and compliance; transport safety; environmental protection; radiation protection and nuclear safety; food and feed safety and animal health and welfare; public health; consumer protection; privacy and data protection; and network and information system security; – acts or omissions affecting the financial interests of the Union; – acts or omissions concerning the internal market; – acts or conduct that frustrate the object or purpose of the provisions set forth in Union acts; and – unlawful conduct relevant under Legislative Decree No. 231 of June 8, 2001, or violations of the organization and management model

The report may also concern information on conduct aimed at concealing such violations, unlawful activities that have not yet been carried out but which the whistleblower reasonably believes may occur in the presence of concrete precise and concordant elements, or well-founded suspicions.

The report must not concern: grievances, claims or demands related to an interest of a personal nature that pertain exclusively to one’s individual working relationships, or inherent in one’s working relationships with hierarchically subordinate figures.

Who receives the report
The recipient of the reports has the task of assessing only the existence of the essential requirements of the report and, where these are lacking, may request supplementation from the reporter. He is not in charge of ascertaining the actual occurrence of the facts. After assessing the admissibility of the report, the Manager forwards it to the appropriate person according to the subject matter of the report, ensuring the confidentiality of the reporter’s identity.

Other reporting channels
The computerized tool made available, is certainly the preferred tool for sending a report, as it is the one that best allows for the maximum protections provided by the regulations.
However, if you prefer to make a report through an oral channel, you can do so:
– by calling +393501549196

How reports will be handled
Reports sent through any of the above channels will be handled in accordance with the provisions of these Rules for the Handling of Internal Reports.

External Reports
You can send an external report to ANAC, exclusively if one of the following conditions is met:
1) the channels for internal reporting are not active or do not comply with the regulations; 2) you have already made an internal report but have not received a response; 3) you have reasonable grounds to believe that if you made an internal report, it would not be effectively followed up or that the report may result in the risk of retaliation; 4) you have reasonable grounds to believe that the violation may pose an imminent or obvious danger to the public interest.

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