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Whistleblowing programmes: Solutions to Common Challenges
Whistleblowing programmes are essential for maintaining ethical standards and compliance within organisations. They provide a mechanism for employees to report misconduct, fraud, and other unethical behaviour. Implementing and maintaining an effective whistleblowing programme, however, can be challenging – for a…
When the judge spells your name
Reputational damage, widespread media criticism, mutilation of a customer’s limb (leading to long-term financial, career and lifestyle impacts), emotional trauma to an employee (heightened by prosecution for careless driving causing injury, when he was, arguably, just doing his job)….the list…
Troubling Examination: Exposing abuse of NZ Police recruits
The sustained abuse of police recruits should have been arrested when concerns were first raised. Being required to undertake a medical examination that was invasive, inappropriate and outside of anticipated boundaries meant police recruits suffered. To put this in context,…
Calling all leaders: Addressing New Zealand’s global corruption slide
New Zealand has long been celebrated on the global stage as an example of almost singular integrity and transparency. From our commitment to clean, green environmental sustainability, to our reputation for fair governance and lack of institutional corruption, Aotearoa New…
Little boxes: the issue of consent
Consent has become murky. No longer is it cut and dry. Just like big data, consent is easy to weaponise. Apply assumption, mix with manipulation and the outcome can be explosive. Which is why when consent is muddied, and…
8 ways to support workplace whistleblowing in 2024
To foster an ethical workplace, whistleblower support is vital. Clear policies, employee education, and the right whistleblowing software helps create a secure environment for reporting misconduct. Similarly, prompt investigations, transparent communication, and support programs demonstrate organisational commitment to whistleblower protection.…
Giving and misgiving at Christmas
As gifts and good wishes descend with all the weight of Santa and an untrustworthy chimney, so too can gifts and hospitality land with dubious merit. Largesse is not always what it seems. Expense can sometimes come with expectations. And…
It’s a dog-eat-dog world…
Company culture can make or break a whistleblower, writes ethics expert and director of the Ethics Conversation, Jane Arnott MNZM… As a litmus test on leadership, culture provides the foundation from which a whistleblower may choose to follow internal processes and…
Complaints by any other name… are a step in the right direction
Ethics expert and director of the Ethics Conversation, Jane Arnott weighs in on New Zealand’s uneasy relationship with speaking up. New Zealand doesn’t appear to have the appetite for a complaints culture. Neither do I. Complaining sits right up there…
Why a Speak Up Culture Pays Dividends
As Auckland, Northland and other parts of New Zealand lay under siege of the weather gods, senior leadership teams of every major insurer in the country are undoubtedly preparing to either count the cost or count the claims. It is…