The NAVEX 2026 Whistleblowing & Incident Management Benchmark Report breaks down data by entity type — including public companies, private companies, government entities, and education organizations. Here are key differences (some surprising!) between reporting statistics for public versus private companies.

– Report volume is significantly higher for Private organizations.
– Private companies are more likely to substantiate cases than Public companies. This may be attributed to a lower anonymous reporting rate (52% for Private versus 55% for Public).
– Consistent with last year, Private companies receive a higher median of Business Integrity reports than Public companies, and Public companies receive a higher median of Workplace Conduct reports.
– Private companies are more likely to separate employment than all other groups. Public companies are far more likely to impose Discipline than the other groups.

– Meredith Ervine