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Whistleblower praised by US Congress The Age 8 May 2004©
“An anonymous note slipped under a superior’s door by a part-time soldier from Pennsylvania triggered the Iraq prison abuse scandal now engulfing the US military and administration.”
Outraged by what he saw, Darby “initially put a letter under our door”…
“Then he later came forward and made a sworn statement. He felt very bad about it and thought it was wrong.”
“Testifying before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Rumsfeld, despite the pressure over his action, praised Darby for acting on his conscience”
Trial of lies turns up in Shell report by James Moore London The Age 21 April 2004©
The report found Shell’s committee of managing directors were made aware of problems with the reserves in 2002 but were not told the full extent of the difficulties.
They were told that the company hoped to “manage” the problem by “playing for time”.
The reserves were audited by a part-time former employee who went along with Shell’s attempt to conceal its difficulties because he feared for his job.
Whistleblowing while you work by Harry Templeton The Scotsman – Edinburgh,Scotland,UK 20 April 2004©
Organisations across the UK are realising it is better to encourage staff to tell them the bad news early rather than wait until the boat sinks, then ask why or who knew about the leak.
Public Concern at Work (PCaW) was set up in 1993 to address whistleblowing in the UK and in 2001, established an office in Glasgow. We aim to help ensure a break with a workplace culture which fosters complacency or cover-ups. In promoting a safe alternative to silence, we want the whistleblower to speak without fear and for the employer to listen with intent.
Whistleblowing – can you manage it? by Lauren Thomsen Moore Management Today April 2004©
Whistleblowers are becoming more and more a fact of life in business and government….
Reputational risk: banks’ corporate culture shock by Anthony Hughes (Sydney) The Age 7 April 2004 ©
Westpac’s Chief Executive Mr. David Morgan said ,”A good corporate culture included an environment in which people could act ethically and air issues or concerns without fear.
I don’t want to comment on NAB. All I can say for ourselves is we do have robust policies and structures in place but at the end of the day it’s the culture that determines the use and abuse of those policies and of those structures,” Dr Morgan said after a Trans-Tasman Business Circle lunch in Sydney. “