Reporting offices
On this page you will find the central reporting offices of the University of Cologne, which you can contact with various concerns.
The reporting office under the Whistleblower Protection Act can only deal with legal violations that fall within the scope of protection of this Act. These include, among others:
- Criminal offenses, for example corruption, theft, fraud and the like,
- breaches of environmental law, radiation protection and nuclear safety regulations,
- breaches of regulations on the protection of personal data and the confidentiality of (electronic) communications and information technology security,
- breaches of regulations for contracting authorities on the procedure for awarding public contracts,
- statements made by civil servants that constitute a breach of the duty of loyalty to the constitution.