Guiding Principles Whistleblower Policy Feedback by phone FAQs

Our Commitment

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is an organization with strong values of responsibility and integrity. Our Guiding Principles contains general guidelines for conducting business with the highest standards of ethics.

The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation is committed to an environment where open, honest communications are the expectation, not the exception. We want you to feel comfortable in approaching your supervisor or management in instances where you believe violations of policies or standards have occurred.

In situations where you prefer to place an anonymous report in confidence, you are encouraged to use this hotline, hosted by a third party hotline provider, EthicsPoint. You are encouraged to submit reports relating to violations stated in our Whistleblower Policy, as well as asking for guidance related to policies and procedure. In addition to reporting violations of policy, we welcome the submission of suggestions for improvement.

The information you provide will be sent to us by EthicsPoint on a totally confidential and anonymous basis if you should choose.

See the EthicsPoint FAQs for more information about how the EthicsPoint service works and how they keep your information confidential and anonymous, if you request them to do so.