The WMF strives to minimise these risks. A compliance organisation and a global ombudsman system has been set up for this purpose. Both employees and third parties (customers, suppliers, etc.) can confidentially and – upon request – anonymously contact an external, independent lawyer should they have any information about economic offences, infringements of anti-trust law or breaches of internal guidelines, for example. His contact details are as follows:
Dr Carsten Thiel von Herff, LL.M. (lawyer)
Detmolder Straße 30
33604 BIELEFELD
GERMANY
Freephone*: 00800 “OMBUDSMANN” = 00800 6628376266
*Calls made to the 00800 number are free for callers based in the following countries: Austria, Belgium, China, the Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland, the UK and the USA.