Submit a public-interest concern for structured evidence review.
Observed can assess whether a concern fits the public evidence model, has clear public-interest relevance, and has enough lawful source material to justify an Evidence Check or deeper benchmark analysis.
Before you submit
Observed is not a complaint form, legal service or allegation platform.
This page is for requesting an initial fit assessment. Observed reviews whether the matter belongs within the public-interest research model before deciding whether any further work is appropriate.
Organisational focus
The concern should relate to organisational behaviour, governance, culture, public claims, stakeholder treatment, public funding or public-interest accountability.
Public-interest relevance
The matter should affect more than a private disagreement. It should raise a question relevant to workers, communities, funders, boards, regulators or the public.
Public evidence pathway
Observed works from public sources. The request should identify existing public material or explain where lawful public records may be available.
Suitable requests
What Observed may assess.
Observed may assess concerns where public signals could be compared with academic research, recognised good-practice standards or public accountability expectations.
The work is strongest where the issue appears organisational rather than personal, and where public information may show a pattern rather than a single isolated event.
Workplace harm indicators
Public signals relating to organisational culture, psychosocial risk, leadership behaviour, turnover patterns, complaint handling or worker wellbeing.
Governance and accountability
Public signals relating to board oversight, public funding accountability, regulator engagement, reporting obligations or organisational controls.
Public claims and practice gaps
Comparison between organisation-owned claims and other public signals, where the gap may raise a public-interest accountability question.
Request boundaries
Some requests will be declined or referred elsewhere.
Observed applies screening before any analysis begins. The purpose is to protect the integrity of the work and avoid misuse of the platform.
Requests are more likely to fit when they include
- A named organisation or clearly defined sector issue.
- A public-interest reason for review.
- Links to public sources or a clear path to lawful public records.
- An organisational pattern, not only an individual dispute.
- A willingness to let the methodology determine the outcome.
Requests are unlikely to proceed when they involve
- Revenge, harassment, personal targeting or bad-faith motive.
- Private, hacked, leaked or unlawfully obtained material.
- Requests to name or pursue natural persons.
- No public-interest basis beyond a private dispute.
- A matter better suited to a regulator, lawyer, union, safety pathway or complaints process.
Submitting a request does not mean Observed accepts the matter, agrees with the concern, will produce a report, or will publish anything about the organisation.
The first stage is an Initial Concern and Fit Assessment. The possible outcomes include proceed, hold, decline, refer elsewhere, add to watchlist, or consider for future sector-level research.
Named-organisation findings are suppressed unless signals are drawn from at least three independent source types. Multiple anonymous reviews alone do not meet the threshold, regardless of volume.
What happens after submission
A staged process, with clear stop points.
Observed does not move directly from submission to analysis or publication. Each stage tests whether the matter should continue.
Initial Concern and Fit Assessment
Observed checks whether the issue fits the purpose, evidence model, public-interest threshold and ethical boundaries.
Evidence Check
If suitable, Observed tests whether enough lawful public signals exist to justify deeper benchmark analysis.
Research Development
Where evidence gaps exist, further public-source research or official information request planning may be required.
Benchmark Comparison
Classified signals are compared with academic frameworks or recognised good-practice standards.
Right of Response and Review
Named organisations are given a fair response opportunity before publication where required by the methodology.
Publication Decision
Publication only proceeds where evidence, legal, ethical, proportionality and human-review gates are satisfied.
Submit request
Provide enough information for an initial fit assessment.
Use this form to provide the information Observed needs for an initial screening review. Submission does not mean the matter has been accepted for analysis or publication.
Request analysis
This form is for initial assessment only. Do not include private, unlawful, hacked, leaked or highly sensitive personal material.
Observed works from lawful, public and attributable information. Public links, public records, article references, public reports and general context are appropriate. Confidential documents and private personal material should not be submitted.
Policy summary
The safeguards apply before any work proceeds.
Request Analysis is intentionally governed by the same boundaries as the rest of the Observed model.
No legal advice
Observed does not provide legal advice, legal representation or findings of legal wrongdoing.
No private investigation
Observed does not use surveillance, impersonation, private databases or covert evidence gathering.
No guaranteed publication
Publication depends on evidence thresholds, right of response, legal review triggers and human sign-off.
Right of response
Named organisations receive a fair opportunity to respond before named findings are published where required.
Correction process
Published work can be clarified, corrected, updated or withdrawn where new evidence requires it.
Conflict checks
Potential conflicts are assessed before work proceeds beyond the initial screening stage.
The request starts the assessment. The evidence determines what happens next.
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Review the methodology, research process and evidence standards before deciding whether a concern fits the Observed model.
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