Can I have access to an audit report?
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An audit took place in a department after numerous press articles denouncing abuse and mistreatment of the staff.
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A trade union asked the Human Resources Department (HRD) to give them the audit.
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The management prohibited public release of this document because it fears that it could be used in legal proceedings against the company.
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The HRD informed the trade union that access to the document was denied because its release would violate the privacy of certain employees of the company.
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The trade union may get partial access to the audit report after anonymisation of the personal data it contains.
Recommendations
An audit report is a document to which public access is guaranteed, subject to refusal on legal grounds, such as protection of the rights of others; partial access may be granted and the document will be censored.
Basic principles
LIPAD 26 al. 2 let. g and 30 ; LTrans 7 and 9
Principle of administration transparency.
Resources
In 2007, an audit analysing the economic crisis in the Grand Théâtre de Genève was released online without being "anonymous".
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