Module Learning Objective

choose content according to actual risk

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

In this video we will work through a concrete decision: choose content according to actual risk. The aim is to explain the criterion used and apply it to a workplace situation. We will start with the concept, move to the procedure and finish with a case to solve. Training is adapted to roles and decisions. Watching a video does not itself establish workplace application. Exercises use fictional data and assess specific skills.

Workers need to know how to report. Handlers need additional knowledge of deadlines and confidentiality. Management needs to allocate resources and corrections without unjustified file access.

Apply the following rule: Article 9 generally requires a private-sector reporting officer, ΥΠΠΑ, at 50 workers, with specified financial, transport and environmental activities covered regardless of headcount. Entities with 50–249 workers may share receipt resources under the conditions in the Act. The appointment duty continues for two calendar years after the year in which 50 workers were reached. Article 8 has a separate public-sector allocation, including integrity advisers, supervising ministries and regional officers for smaller municipalities. Do not classify a small public body as entirely outside the reporting framework.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Map each role’s decisions and common errors. Match needs to objectives. Consider language, access and experience. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

Consider how a colleague taking over tomorrow would understand the decision. Identify the verified information and its source, who is authorised to decide and who checks the result. The record should connect the decision to the material actually used rather than repeat the whole file. State critical gaps and assign a specific action to resolve them. This makes continuity independent of one person’s memory. Apply the proposed organisational steps within legal powers. In the case, distinguish observation, conclusion and hypothesis. An observation describes available evidence, a conclusion explains what can reasonably be inferred and a hypothesis still needs checking. Do not infer motives merely from unusual behaviour. Identify which further information could change the decision and whether it can be obtained lawfully and proportionately. Incomplete knowledge justifies neither certainty of guilt nor indifference to an actual risk.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

Everyone receives advanced technical administration training, but workers never learn basic submission. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: What should change? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

Allocate content by role decisions, using a common foundation and suitable specialist units.

One mistake to avoid is: identical training regardless of duties.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. A subsidiary copies its foreign parent’s policy without assessing its activities and size. What must it check?

Identify the local legal entity, sector, national workforce-counting method and specific public or local provisions. Connect each duty to a source and responsible person. The group model does not replace this assessment.

National Legal Framework: Law 4990/2022 (Whistleblower Protection), transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.