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Internal reporting channel

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A confidential route for staff and contractors to raise concerns about AI systems outside the chain of command, with statutory clocks encoded (under the EU Whistleblower Directive, acknowledgment within seven days and feedback within three months) and protection against retaliation 1.

Developed in
ch. 12, A channel for raising concerns
Chapters
ch. 12, Governance Program
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

One chapter of the Body of Knowledge uses the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

  • AI system

    For governance, the object the AI definition brings into scope.

Sources

  1. [1] Directive (EU) 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law (Art. 8 internal channels for private entities with 50 or more workers; Art. 9 acknowledgment within seven days and feedback within three months; Art. 19 no retaliation). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2019-10-23. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/dir/2019/1937/oj/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Internal reporting channel. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/internal-reporting-channel. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026internalreportingchannel,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Internal reporting channel}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/internal-reporting-channel}
}