Whistleblowing

This page serves as a guideline for SIC’s stakeholders to report a whistleblowing complaint to the Whistleblowing Committee.
SIC is committed to promoting and maintaining high standards of transparency and ethics in the workplace. It takes a serious view of any misconduct / wrongdoing on the part of any of its employees, management, directors, etc in particular with respect to their obligation to SIC’s interest.
The whistleblowing channels are established to help stakeholders raise concerns without fear of retaliation, on any misconduct / wrongdoings that they may observe in SIC.
Parties can report a Whistle-blowing complaint if they are aware of any Misconduct/Wrongdoing, including, but not limited to the following:

Acting in good faith

SIC expects all parties to act in good faith when reporting a whistleblowing complaint. If allegations are found to be malicious, appropriate action may be taken, up to and including disciplinary action and legal action, where applicable.

Gift Policy

SIC’s Employees may accept modest gifts or tokens of appreciation if they are of nominal value (under RM50), not cash or cash equivalents, and not intended to influence business decisions or create a sense of obligation. The gift should be consistent with customary business practices and comply with laws and regulations.

Integrity Pact

Integrity Pact is an agreement between SIC and its vendors, contractors, suppliers and business partners which outline that both parties will abstain from bribery, collusion and other corrupt practices when fulfilling contract terms.

It promotes clean operations on both sides and yield other benefits such as greater transparency in contracting and enhancement of public confidence and trust.

SIC requires all its existing and new contractors, business partners, suppliers, consultants and vendors to sign an Integrity Pact with SIC to ensure transparency with doing business.

Confidentiality

The identity of parties reporting a Whistle-blowing complaint will be kept confidential. Utmost confidentiality of the conduct of the investigation will carried out by the Integrity Manager.

Protection from retaliation

Any party that retaliates against someone who has reported a Wrongdoing in good faith may be subject to appropriate action, up to and including termination of employment and legal action, where applicable.

Whistleblowing Channel

PKNS website
syahrazad@sic.com.my
+60 19 2077 921

SIC is accredited with ISO 37001:2016 since December 2019