You should report to us if you notice serious violations of legal, research or university-specific rules and regulations, or if there is a probable impending threat thereof. These could be criminal offenses such as bribery, fraud or larceny, scientific misconduct, or significant personal limitations within the context of the General Act on Equal Treatment (AGG).

It is important that reports of misconduct or violations of regulations be formulated as specifically as possible to help us properly review and investigate them. It is particularly helpful for you to ask yourself the following questions when submitting a report:

• Who committed the violation?
• What happened?
• Where did it happen?
• When did it happen?
• What form of proof can be provided?

Please ensure that the descriptions in your report can be understood by people who do not work in your field or institution.

Only share information that you can assume to be true to the best of your knowledge. No one should be suspected of wrongdoing on the basis of false or misleading information. This is also an aspect of behavior in line with our regulatory compliance goals. Deliberately false accusations may be subject to prosecution in a court of civil or criminal law (Section 164 of the German Criminal Code, StGB).

If it becomes apparent within the scope of a later investigation that your information was incorrect, you do not need to fear any negative consequences insofar as your report was made in good faith that your information was indeed correct and you took due care verifying your information at the time that it was reported.

If you are uncertain, you can also request consultation regarding a potential violation.

All members and associate members of TU Dresden (in particular staff and students) as well as non-university members may submit reports of misconduct or violation, either individually or as a group.

• In general, members and associate members of TU Dresden can turn to their supervisors, to someone from the leadership level above or to the university management if necessary.
• You can also get in touch with the various contacts responsible for different areas of activity or issues with reports of misconduct or violations. For cases of corruption and property offenses, this would be the Anti-Corruption Officer, for scientific misconduct the Ombudsperson, the contact for cases of harassment, discrimination and violence for such incidents as these, and the Student and/or the Academic Program Coordinator for concerns in the realm of education.

Concerns of misconduct or violations can be reported

• In person
• By phone
• In writing (letter, fax, email)
• Using TU Dresden’s web-based BKMS® notification system.

We kindly request that you prioritize TU Dresden’s online BKMS® notification system for submitting anonymous reports. However, the other channels are still available for use.

If you would like to report concerns, you can submit documentation to the responsible contact or via the BKMS® notification system.

If you would like to submit an anonymous report, please take note of the following security information: Files can contain hidden personal data that could compromise your anonymity. Clean your files of this (meta) data before submitting them. You can find general information on removing hidden data from Microsoft Office or PDF files on the TU Dresden FAQ pages. If you are uncertain about removing or unable to remove this data, send a print copy of the document to the responsible contact.