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In September 2016, the Group’s
Internal Audit team organised and
hosted the Whistleblower Service -
Itisal Al Nazahah Awareness session
for employees at the Habtoor Grand
Resort, Autograph Collection,
Metropolitan Catering, and Al Habtoor
Laundry at Al Andalus Ballroom. Earlier
this summer, the team also met with
employees at Dubai National Insurance
and Reinsurance (DNIRC). Credit goes
to Subhro Chakraborty, Senior Audit
Manager, Charbel Yazbeck, Audit
and Compliance Manager, and Sanjib
Majumdar, Group Audit Manager for
organising and facilitating the events
for over 700 staff.
Guest speakers included Hussein
Kapasi, Assistant Manager and Omar
Sibhi, Associate from the Forensic
Department at KPMG. The sessions
were quite engaging, interactive and
witnessed great audience participation.
1.The seminar was hosted at the Al
Andalus Ballroom on Monday 5 September
2016 2.Group’s Internal Audit team
Whistleblower
Service
Awarness
Session
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Group News
Over the years, the Al Habtoor
Group management team has
nurtured principles of good
governance, integrity and ethical
practices amongst employees and
other stakeholders. The Group
has zero tolerance for fraud or
concealment of fraud. In 2008, AHG
implemented the whistleblower
service, “Itisal Al Nazahah” where
employees across the group can
report any fraudulent or unethical
activities anonymously. The service
provides a multi-channel reporting
mechanism and employees can
report through any channel.
The service guarentess that the
complainant need not have to
disclose his/her identity and hence
there will be no fear of retaliation.
Further, the service is run by a third
party service provider, KPMG, which
itself ensures the independence and
objectivity.
Anti-fraud experts say that tip-offs
and whistleblowing services are the
most effective methods to unearth
fraud and/or wrongdoings. Thus it is
imperative that staff are constantly
made aware of the available service,
so that they can report any ethical
and fraudulent issues. Given the
context, to create awareness about
the service to newly recruited
staff and refresh the existing staff
in reporting wrongdoings, the
Al Habtoor Group Internal Audit
periodically organizes awareness
sessions across the group units.
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