CEAC-Ombudsman
"Whistle
Blowing" is one of the key strategic policy decisions that Companies
look for as a part of the "Security initiatives". One of the sub
strategies that can make the "Whistle Blowing" strategy really work
on the ground is to have a suitable system for lodging of complaints
by employees. Any system which requires the complaints to be made to
an executive within the organization will not be trusted by the
employees fully. At the same time any system that allows anonymous
complaints will also not work.
An optimal solution that provides confidence to
the employees and at the same time eliminates nuisance complaints is
to appoint an "Ombudsman" who acts as the trusted intermediary. The
role of "Ombudsman" in the Indian Industry is therefore turning out
to be very important to meet the "ITA 2008 Compliance" requirements.
The traditional concept of "Ombudsman" is that of
a "Retired Judge" or some other similar respectable person who lends
value to the position by his own stature. This would in useful when
the ombudsman has to sit in judgment of the complaint and deliver a
verdict.
However, in most cases, the solution lies with the
Company itself and the role of the Ombudsman is to filter nuisance
complaints and pass it on to the Company at the right level. This is
amenable for being turned into a process that preserves the privacy
of the complainant and automates the implementation.
CEAC provides an appropriate service "CEAC-Ombudsman"
to meet this emerging requirement.
Under this service, Companies may contact CEAC for
the service. The CEAC ombudsman will receive e-mail complaints from
the employees of the organization which will be personally
scrutinized by Naavi and then archived. If found credible the
complaint would be passed on to the CEO of the company. If required
Naavi would make further enquiries.
Details of the scheme would be structured as per
the requirement of each organization. The fees will also be
determined on a case to case basis.
Interested
persons may contact naavi
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the service and shall not
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The service
where Certified copies of e-mail are being provided as evidence is
being offered under the provisions of Section 65B of Indian Evidence Act for
the public good and CEAC shall not be responsible for the certificates being
rejected by any institution.
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from any authority. It is a purely voluntary service offer and no warranties
of any kind are implied.