Why should I submit a report?

Compliance with statutory, ethical and internal company regulations is part of a positive and open company culture.

Perhaps you are aware of unethical or damaging behaviour that endangers the company. Your information may help to prevent damage.

What kind of report is useful to Northrop Grumman?

Reports on violations of legal, ethical and internal company regulations will be accepted and forwarded.

You will receive detailed information on the possible report categories during the reporting process.

What is the process for submitting a report? How do I set up a postbox?

If you wish to submit a report (either giving your name or anonymously), click the ‘Submit report’ button at the top of our introduction page.

The reporting process consists of four steps:

1. First, you will be asked to read some information on the protection of your anonymity and answer a security query.
2. On the following page, you will be asked about the category of your report. If there is no suitable category for your planned report, please contact your Business Conduct Advisor (BCA) as usual. They can also handle your report anonymously if you wish.
3. On the report page, you can elaborate on your report in your own words and answer simple multiple-choice questions about the case. You can enter up to 5,000 characters into the free text field, which corresponds to a full page. You may also submit a file of up to 5 MB to support your report. Please bear in mind that documents can contain information about the author. After submitting your report, you will receive a reference number to confirm that you have sent this report. Please make a note of this reference number.
4. After this, please set up your own secured postbox according to the instructions. You will use this postbox to receive feedback, answer questions and find out about the progress of your report.

If you already have a secured postbox, you can go straight to it via the ‘Login’ button. Here, too, you will have to answer a security query first.

As long as you do not enter any data that could reveal your identity, BKMS^® System will protect your anonymity.

Please rest assured that we are interested only in the incident you are reporting. Malpractices should be revealed and damage prevented.

How do I receive feedback and remain anonymous at the same time?

The BKMS^® System process used here places the utmost importance on protecting the identity of the whistleblower. The effectiveness of the anonymity protection function has been certified by an independent body.

When you set up your secured postbox, you choose your pseudonym/user name and password yourself. Only you can see this login information. If you lose your login information, please submit a new report and set up a new postbox. If possible, please provide the reference number of your previous report. The new postbox will not contain anything associated with your previous report.

Your report is kept anonymous through encryption and other specialised security measures. You do not have to provide any personal information if you submit a report anonymously. Do not submit any information that contains any reference to you. In order to exclude the purely theoretical technical possibility of your identity being traced, we ask that you do not use any device provided by your employer, such as a PC or smartphone, to submit your report.

Via the secured postbox, the BCA will give you feedback about the further processing of your report or ask you questions if some details are still unclear. You will also remain anonymous during this dialogue, of course. We are interested in reports to avoid damage, not in you as a whistleblower.