Asprion, PetraGrieder, HermannGrimberg, Frank2024-04-232024-04-232023978-0-9981331-6-4https://irf.fhnw.ch/handle/11654/43395https://doi.org/10.26041/fhnw-7360Organizations today need internal reporting channels to report illegal/unethical misconduct. For this purpose, organizations set up one or more - often digital - internal reporting channels. Persons/Employees who want to report misconduct, so-called whistleblowers, expose themselves to reprisals and therefore need trustworthy reporting channels which ensure ´Digital Trust´. Blockchain, a technology that overcomes the need for trust due to its properties of immutability and integrity of data, could be promising as underlying technology for a digital reporting channel which is recognized as trustworthy. In our research, we explored multiple perspectives relevant to a trustworthy digital reporting system. Applying design science research, we evaluated the current state of the art of (digital) reporting channels and developed a prototypical blockchain-based reporting solution called “Integrity@Inside”. The prototype is being iteratively demonstrated and pre-evaluated.en330 - WirtschaftBuilding digital trust to protect whistleblowers - A blockchain-based reporting channel04B - Beitrag Konferenzschrift4328-4337