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Summary of other relevant research

It appears that since the begining of the program there has been only 1 report to the Hotline. (this needs confirmation)

There is also evidence that there have been employee reports of problems that have not been reported to the hotline.

• Public statements by ex-employees made at the Public forum on the climate of fear the exists among much of the staff

• Private statements made to the ATRT2 confidentially that indicate that the climate of fear main still persists and that reports of problem to the senior management can result in disciplinary action that may include dismissal.  It was not the ATRT2's roles to investigate these confidential issues in detail, but they offer evidence that there are problems that are not being dealt with in a transparent manner.

• There has been no public reporting on such issues as recommended by Berkman or OWT.

While the Ombudsman’s charter does not currently include employee issues, discussions with the Ombudsman indicated that the current ombudsman sees a role for the office in dealing with such issues.  Not only are the ICANN employees members of the ICANN comunity, but their issues, especially when related to functioning of ICANN in relation to ICANN processes and procedures are relevant to the Ombudsman’s yearly report on the state of stakeholder issues with ICANN. 

 Relevant ICANN bylaws

• Article III with relation to the absence of requirements for a yearly transparency report

• Article V Sections 2,3 Ombudsman charter and Operations

Relevant ICANN published policies ICANN

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Relevant ICANN published procedures

ATRT2 analysis

It is apparent that current processes and procedures are not effective.  Further investigation is necessary.

Draft recommendation

• ICANN must arrange for a professional review of its whistleblower policy to insure that the ICANN program meets the highest standards as established by tbd
  • This report to be made public

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Draft recommendation

• ICANN should include a yearly transparency report as part of its yearly report.  
• issues to be covered include: I.a. 
  • Reports on the usage of the DIDT
  • Statistical reporting on the Board information and report disclosure
  • ICANN Transparency report needs to include a section on Employee whistleblowing activity including metrics on:
    
    • Reports submitted
    • Reports verified as contaiing issues requiring action
    • Reports that resulted in change to ICANN practices
  • Include a yearly report of metric that are derived from the transparency recommendations made in AOC recommendations
• This report should be created under the supervision of  the ICANN Ombudsman.
  
  • This would require a change to By-laws on the Ombudsman scope

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