Commitment to Open CommunicationsOur success as a company is built on creating a positive culture for our employees and all those we work with—one where we consistently demonstrate our commitment to integrity, open communication, and fairness in all of our business relationships. To make this possible, we created Comcast NBCUniversal Listens and Sky Listens, programmes that offer employees several channels for speaking up without fear of retaliation. Whether it is a question or a concern about a workplace issue or suspected illegal or unethical conduct, we encourage our employees to speak up and we’ve made it easy to do so.
Our programme is open to all Sky employees to make a report, but is also open to other third parties like former employees, workers, contractors, volunteers or suppliers.
Reporting your concerns to Sky at the earliest opportunity allows us to investigate so we can take appropriate action if wrongdoing is found. We encourage you to raise your concern to Sky before contacting any external channel however if you wish to make a protected (whistleblower) report to an appropriate external competent authority you should ensure it is done in accordance with any local legislation.
For the UK, you can find the relevant authorities and regulators on the gov.uk website under Whistleblowing: list if prescribed people and bodies
Employees – Raise a Concern
Supplier & Business Partners – Resources to Raise a Concern
Anti-Retaliation Policy
As described in our Code of Conduct, Sky prohibits retaliation against anyone who in good faith raises a concern even if a reported concern is eventually unsubstantiated, including indirect retaliation against others reporters are connected to. Retaliation includes the threat or attempt at retaliation and can come in many different forms. Examples of retaliation can include (but are not limited to):
(a) suspension, lay-off, dismissal or equivalent measures;
(b) demotion or withholding of promotion;
(c) transfer of duties, change of location of place of work, reduction in wages, change in working hours;
(d) withholding of training;
(e) a negative performance assessment or employment reference;
(f) imposition or administering of any disciplinary measure, reprimand or other penalty, including a financial penalty;
(g) coercion, intimidation, harassment or ostracism;
(h) discrimination, disadvantageous or unfair treatment;
(i) failure to convert a temporary employment contract into a permanent one, where the worker had legitimate expectations that he or she would be offered permanent employment;
(j) failure to renew, or early termination of, a temporary employment contract;
(k) harm, including to the person's reputation, particularly in social media, or financial loss, including loss of business and loss of income;
(l) blacklisting on the basis of a sector or industry-wide informal or formal agreement, which may entail that the person will not, in the future, find employment in the sector or industry;
(m) early termination or cancellation of a contract for goods or services;
(n) cancellation of a licence or permit;
(o) psychiatric or medical referrals.
If you believe you are experiencing retaliation for having made a whistle blowing disclosure, you should seek to report it via Sky Listens as a specific new concern so that this can be investigated.