Ombuds person
ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH has appointed an ombudsperson with immediate effect as a preventive measure to protect against legal violations. The ombudsperson is available to employees, suppliers, contractors and other interested parties for information and reports regarding legal violations or the company's internal guidelines.
In this function, Prof. Dr Scherer has been available since 1 June 2022 to all of the above-mentioned groups of persons who wish to report criminal offences, other legal violations or violations of internal regulations and codes of conduct within ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH or in the context of their business relationships with ESWE Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH.
It also advises on how to deal with possible suspicious circumstances and dangerous situations.
Prof. Dr Josef Scherer works as a lawyer at the law firm Prof. Dr Scherer & Partner mbB, specialising in governance and compliance. He is a professor of corporate law, risk and crisis management, reorganisation and insolvency law at the Deggendorf Institute of Technology and head of the International Institute for Governance, Management, Risk and Compliance.
As a former public prosecutor and judge at the regional court, he has many years of experience in the prevention of legal offences.
Confidential and, if desired, anonymous handling of your information
As a lawyer, the ombudsperson is obliged by professional law to treat the information and tips confidentially.
Personal details of the whistleblower will not be disclosed without their express permission. The confidential treatment of the data also applies to the project officer for the compliance management system and the whistleblower/ ombudsperson system, as well as potential other contact persons in the company (e.g. future compliance officer or compliance committee), or to external investigating authorities.
In this respect, the data can also be protected from seizure in criminal proceedings. There is still no supreme court judgement on this.
The ombudsperson can be contacted as follows:
- by e-Mail
ombudsperson-eswe@scherer-recht.de - by letter
Kanzlei Prof. Dr. Scherer & Partner mbB
Herrn Prof. Dr. Scherer (persönlich)
Ladehofstraße 28
93049 Regensburg