“FOUR PAWS strives to create a world in which humans treat animals with respect, empathy and understanding. We believe in the same values for people and have established high standards of conduct and integrity in the workplace.

For this reason, we have policies and standards in place to ensure the correct use of the funds provided by our donors and the safety and wellbeing of all FOUR PAWS colleagues. We also have rules and regulations that set standards for collaboration with suppliers and partners.

Going one step further, we encourage anyone to use our secure reporting channel to voice concerns about actual or suspected misconduct that can affect our organisation or people. All reports are confidential.”

Luciana D’Abramo, on behalf of the Board of FOUR PAWS International

If you have concerns about compliance with law or any policy of FELIDA, you should raise them. This applies equally to past and present situations, as well as proposed courses of action.

FELIDA commits to take each report very seriously and to handle them with utmost care. We will ensure confidentiality and take all measures to protect you and your identity to the maximum extent legally possible. You will not suffer any disadvantage as a result of your report. Even though current Dutch legislation does not provide the same level of protection to anonymous reports, we accept such and undertake to handle them in like manner.

You can submit a report in English or in Dutch.

1)      A violation of a regulation or directive of the European Union that concerns the following topics:      

• Public procurement;
• Financial services, products and markets, prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
• Product safety and compliance;
• Transport safety;
• Protection of the environment;
• Food and feed safety, animal health and welfare;
• Public health;
• Consumer protection;
• Protection of privacy and personal data, and security of network and information systems;
• Infringements affecting the financial interests of the Union as referred to in Article 325 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;
• Infringements relating to the internal market (as referred to in Article 26(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union).                                                                                                      

2)      Social abuse when there is something wrong at work that has serious consequences. There must also be one or more of the following characteristics:

• There has been a violation of the law or internal rules drawn up by the employer on the basis of a statutory provision;
• There is a risk to public health;
• There is a danger to the safety of persons;
• There is a risk of environmental degradation;
• There is a danger to the proper functioning of the organisation as a result of improper acts or omissions.   

3)      Other integrity violations - breaches of the Code of Conduct or the organisational policies - like theft, fraud, discrimination, harassment, conflict of interest, etc.

Employees, former employees, temporary workers, interns, trainees, job applicants, volunteers, supporters, contractors, subcontractors and partners.

Our web-based reporting solution complies with the requirements on digital system implementation imposed by the EU Whistleblowing Directive.

Our organisation has strong ethical values and internal policies and standards to ensure that our colleagues not only do things right but do the right thing. The protection of our people, the animals under our care, our systems and our organisation is paramount.