OpenLine Reporting Process
The OpenLine process exists to identify and correct issues promptly and thoroughly and to prevent unethical and unlawful conduct. Inquiries may be submitted by phone, mail, email or in person. Business Conduct Officers (BCO) are at each of our major locations for local or worldwide assistance.
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- Contact OpenLine:
- Electronic Systems 410.765.1919
- Europe 41 43 300 6805
- OpenLine detail process flow
- Ethics Poster
- Use OpenLine to:
- Get answers and guidance for ethical issues and dilemmas
- Report suspected violations of law, contract, or policy
- Request training on ethics and compliance subjects
Retaliation is strictly prohibited against any person who, in good faith, reports a concern. If you feel that you were retaliated against please talk to your manager, Human Resources, your BCO or call the OpenLine. In conjunction with DoD contracts, 10 U.S.C. 2409 prohibits contractors from discharging, demoting, or otherwise discriminating against an employee as a reprisal for disclosing, to any of the following entities, information that the employee reasonably believes is evidence of gross mismanagement of a DoD contract, a gross waste of DoD funds, a substantial and specific danger to public health or safety, or a violation of law related to a DoD contract (including the competition for or negotiation of a contract):
- A Member of Congress.
- A representative of a committee of Congress.
- An Inspector General that receives funding from or has oversight over contracts awarded for or on behalf of DoD.
- The Government Accountability Office.
- A DoD employee responsible for contract oversight or management.
- An authorized official of an agency or the Department of Justice.
Any employee who believes that he or she has been discharged, demoted, or otherwise discriminated against contrary to the prohibition set forth above may file a complaint with the DoD Inspector General.



