It is hard to overstate the impact this case is likely to have on future whistleblowing in Australia.
In 2019, a number of current and former Boeing employees went public with concerns about the company’s manufacturing and safety processes.
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Compliance officers, professionals that handle whistleblowing reports, often find themselves caught between two parties with divergent interests — whistleblowers and company management.
Australia’s press freedom problems have been acknowledged by both the Morrison and Albanese governments. However, we’re yet to see any actual law reform to support public interest journalism.
A new study has found that a healthy and ethical company culture plays a more important role in preventing fraud than its board of directors does.
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Contrary to popular belief, boards of directors are not the ones who establish whistleblowing procedures. Instead, boards depend on their management teams to implement them.
Canadian laws protecting whistleblowers are generally pushed through in the aftermath of a crisis, but rarely turn out to be effective.
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The prosecution was a scandal and should never have been commenced. It was a direct assault upon freedom of political communication, and it intimidated whistleblowers.
Organizations have significantly increased their use of data and the internet because of the pandemic, leading to new cyberattack and cybersecurity risks.
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Camélia Radu, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) e Nadia Smaili, Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
The Coalition has made promises on whistleblower protection and must soon reveal its plan for a federal integrity commission. Now is the time for both parties to prove they can take real action.
When a person or agency backed by the power and resources of the government tells a lie, it sometimes causes harm that only the government can inflict.
Blowing the whistle carries major risks.
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In many instances, whistleblowers find the abusive power they have revealed turned against them, both ending their careers and harming their personal lives.
Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job on Sept. 20 in a climate strike.
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