Whistleblowing is an intentional disclosure of information about critical and essential activities, which involve unethical, unlawful, threatening, or biased malpractice executed by a current or former staff member(s). Whistleblowing also rounds up any offensive or infringing misconduct. Bentham Open has strict rules and regulations regarding whistleblower allegations. Any concerned whistleblower allegation will be treated equally as any external complaint. Bentham’s Ethics Advisory Panel will pass the verdict and detail necessary measures via email after a careful review and analysis of the allegation. Please view Bentham's guidelines for details on different types of misconduct by clicking on the link below:

https://clinical-practice-and-epidemiology-in-mental-health.com/research-misconduct.php

Bentham’s Ethics Advisory Panel will examine all allegations of misconduct on social media according to the COPE Guidelines available at:

https://publicationethics.org/resources/flowcharts/responding-whistleblowers-when-concerns-are-raised-social-media and https://publicationethics.org/files/respond-whistleblowers-concerns-on-socialmedia-cope-flowchart.pdf