Whistleblower System

If your concern relates to a customer compliant or involves a business partner, please get in touch with the offices listed below. The Audi Investigation Office is not responsible for these topics:

• If you have a concern about an Audi product or service,
  please contact Audi Customer Support
• Do you know of any breaches by our business partners of the Code of Conduct for Business Partners or have you been directly impacted by any breaches? Please contact us at speakup.supplychain@audi.de

Everyone must be willing and able to report specific information on regulatory violations made by Audi Group employees. Confidential reports can be made using the Whistleblower System anytime, in any language. Examples include violations of the Code of Conduct or antitrust law, corruption, infringement of human rights, theft, discrimination, or workplace harassment. In addition to employees, business partners, customers, or other third parties can submit reports if they have specific information about regulatory violations.

The Whistleblower System guarantees the highest possible protection for whistleblowers and persons of interest. An investigation is not initiated until the hint has been reviewed thoroughly and if there are concrete indications of a regulatory violation. The information is handled as part of a fair and confidential process. Discrimination, intimidation or hostility resulting from a report to the Audi Whistleblower System will be investigated and penalized under the same process.

When the Audi Investigation Office receives a report, it conducts a review in accordance with all of the procedural principles required (such as confidentiality and the protection of whistleblowers). Often, the office must speak with the whistleblowers to review a case and initiate any investigation activities needed. For this reason, it is essential to word your report as clearly as possible. It is helpful if you base your report on the Five Ws and H, specifically:

• Who? – Who is it about? Who is affected?
• What? – What happened? Explanation of the circumstances.
• When? – When did the incident take place?
• How? – How many times did it happen?
• Where? – Where did the incident take place?

Whistleblowers should make sure that their descriptions can also be understood by persons who are not familiar with the subject area. It is helpful if you make yourself available for further questions for this purpose. If the whistleblower is prepared to do so but would like to remain anonymous with Audi, they can use the anonymous reporting channels.

Apart from the Audi Investigation Office, other points of contact are involved in handling reports. Following a legitimate report, the Investigation Office usually arranges for the necessary internal investigations to investigative functions (such as special audits or security). The Investigation Office also works with Legal Services and Human Resources to investigate and will initiate any measures deemed necessary.

Find more information on the procedural principles of the Audi Group Complaints Procedure here.

AUDI AG's Investigation Office is part of the Compliance organization and central point of contact for reports about regulatory violations in the Audi Group. Please contact the Audi Investigation Office via one of the channels listed below.

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