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GOVERNANCE
WHISTLEBLOWING
REPORT
the Board of access Bank expects all its
employees, management, board members and
other stakeholders to observe high ethical
standards in all their dealings with the Bank.
Accordingly, the Bank has established a Code
of Ethics that stipulates the minimum stand-
ards of conduct expected of our staff, man-
agement and directors as well as vendors, and
customers in their interaction with the Bank. All our
stakeholders are expected to observe the Code of
Ethics in their dealings with the Bank.
We have implemented a whistleblowing policy to support
the detection, reporting and investigation of unethical behav-
iours within the Bank. All stakeholders are expected to comply
with the standards described in the policy in the reporting of sus-
pected or actual unethical conduct or wrongdoing within the Bank.
The whistleblowing programme is designed to encourage stake-
holders to report any malpractice or misconduct which they observe
or suspect within the Bank. The policy assures the whistleblower that his
report will be treated with utmost confidentiality and seeks to encourage
the reporting of concerns where the interest of the Bank and its stakeholders
is at stake.
The implementation of the policy is therefore fundamental to strengthening stake-
holders’ confidence in Bank’s professional integrity and reinforces its ethical values. It
provides an avenue to address bona fide concerns that stakeholders may have about
the Bank while also offering whistleblowers protection from victimization, harassment
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