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Terms and Conditions of the Redwhistle Services

The Redwhistle Helpline system is a system that provides reporting and inqueries through a third party outside professional company, Redwhistle, regarding any problems inside the organization, without any concerns for exposing the identification and receiving disadvantages.

1. Role of Redwhistle

Redwhistle is a professional company that operates this Helpline and only provides the system that mediates the informant and the concerned organization from the perspective of a third party. Redwhistle does not take any actions to resolve the reported problems. All tasks on the reports, including receiving, replying, fact verification, investigation and conclusion, etc., are the sole responsibilities of the concerned institutions.

2. Revision, Deletion and Cancellation of the Report

The reports are delivered to the manager of the concerned organization from the moment of submission, and therefore, the submitted report cannot be revised, deleted or cancelled at the discretion of the informant. Therefore, please review the contents of the report and whether to submit prior to submitting the report.

3. Note of Caution for the Informant

Unless the informant identifies him/herself personally, all anonymous reports received by Redwhistle shall be guaranteed of confidentiality and anonymity. Please make sure that your identification is not revealed by including personal information in the contents of the report or information that can infer the identity of the informant, and from receiving the disadvantages thereof.

(Provided, when making a report with a real name or registered report, personal information, such as the name and mobile telephone number, etc., are collected and some of the collected information may be provided to the member company upon request)

4. Verification of the Outcome

Please make note of your case ID, issued after submitting the report, and your password and manage them well. They are required for checking the progress and the follow-up report after reporting and are not re-issued upon being lost. Moreover, they may be needed for personal verification purposes in receiving rewards when the reported matter satisfies the rewards payment conditions. (* It is limited to the organizations implementing a rewards program, and whether the rewards program is under operation may differ depending on the organization) If there is a rewards program, whether to pay the rewards and the amount, etc. is generally determined when the investigation on the reported matter is completed.

5. Processing of the Concerned Organization

The organizations that introduced the Helpline seriously consider the reports submitted by the informants. However, if the reported matters are not the actions being considered for reporting through the Helpline, such as complaints, reporting of inconveniences, reporting of unkindness, general dissatisfaction, etc., or unclear reports, baseless slander or gossip, etc., such reports may be rejected, concluded immediately or held-off, etc. depending on the internal processing policy of the concerned organization.

Moreover, the manager of the organization is not obligated to provide information on the process or outcome of the reports from the Helpline, and may not take any actions, including non-reply, not entering the process progress, etc. Moreover, the policy of each organization on commencing with an investigation, the notification of progress and outcome may differ.

The informant understands and consents to the above roles of Redwhistle and has received notice on the matters of caution from the terms and conditions in making the report.

Notice

About “Corruption-free IBS”
Corruption-free IBS enables employees to report misconduct within IBS. This initiative reflects IBS’s commitment to fostering a transparent culture and upholding ethical management practices. All reports are securely managed by an external institution, Redwhistle Helpline, ensuring that no reporting person’s information is retained within IBS.

Real name basis
Reports must be submitted under the real name of reporting individuals in accordance with Article 58 of the Act on the Prevention of Corruption and Establishment and Management of the Anti-corruption and Civil Rights Commission, Article 8 of the Public Interest Whistleblower Protection Act, Article 13 of the Improper Solicitation Act and Article 2 of the Civil Petition Affairs Processing Guidelines.
Reporters are required to submit the form below with their name, affiliation and contact information. Reports submitted without a real name will not be processed.
(E.g.: John Doe, affiliation (company name, Center name, etc.), 010-1234-5678)

Reporter protection
The identity of the reporter and the contents of the report are protected under the IBS Whistleblower Protection Guidelines and relevant laws.   

Responsible units for each report case
Reports are categorized into the following four types, each handled by the corresponding responsible unit: 
1. Corrupt conduct: Audit Team
2. Abuse of power and workplace harassment: General Affairs Team
3. Workplace sexual harassment and sexual violence: General Affairs Team
4. Research misconduct: Research Management Team
Name of the Organization
Institute for Basic Science
 
- Accepting or offering money or valuables, or embezzlement or misappropriation of public funds (including research funding)
- Unlawful solicitation, arrangements, or inappropriate work directives
- Improper budget execution, or excessive or wasteful spending
- Leakage of confidential institutional or work-related information, or breaches of personal data privacy
- Other corrupt conduct
 
- Abuse of power: Legal violation, pursuit of private interests, inappropriate personnel appointments, inhumane treatment, institutional self-interest, unfair treatment in the workplace, or coercion to handle improper civil petitions
- Workplace harassment: Acts of bullying that exceed reasonable boundaries, using one’s position of authority or work relationships
 
- Workplace sexual harassment or molestation, or unreasonable gender-based discrimination
 
- Fabrication, falsification, plagiarism or misattribution of authorship in research proposals, the conduct of, or in the reporting or presentation of research results

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