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Executive Education- Sustainability
Whistleblowing: What You Need to Know
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Whistleblowing: What You Need to Know
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Most whistleblower policies encourage whistleblowers to speak up by ensuring them that their identity and the information they provide will be kept confidential, and that they will be protected against detrimental action. The Covid-19 pandemic may require companies to go a step further in protecting whistleblowers.
It is during periods of economic downturn that fraud, accounting irregularities and the misuse of corporate assets are likely to be at its highest as employees struggle to meet targets. Companies, more than ever, need whistleblowers to speak up.
However, it is also during these periods that whistleblowers especially employees, are more reluctant than ever to do so for fear of losing their jobs and facing difficulties obtaining employment elsewhere. Companies therefore, have to consider different approaches to encourage whistleblowers to come forward.
During this program, participants will be taught how to re-assess their organizational culture to determine if there are sufficient levels of trust for whistleblowers to overcome their fear of retaliation.
Participants will also be exposed to how other organizations deal with anonymous whistleblowing and other issues such as focusing on the veracity of the report regardless of the whistleblower’s motives, and how to be more explicit about the actual steps they will take to protect whistleblowers from detrimental action.
It is also important for companies to note that whistleblowers may prefer to have recourse to the protection afforded under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010.
In the light of proposed amendments intended to increase the protection of whistleblowers, companies may want to ensure that their own whistleblower policies are aligned to the provisions of the Act.
- Have an in-depth understanding of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on whistleblower reports
- Adapt their whistleblower policies to obtain the best outcomes for both their organization, and the whistleblower
- Understand the protections afforded under the Whistleblower Protection Act 2010, and how these may be affected under the proposed amendments
- Compliance Officers
- Anyone who might find this program helpful
Dr Elsa Satkunasingam
Faculty Profile
Dr Elsa Satkunasingam is a Senior Business Development Adviser Corporate Governance at the Iclif Executive Education Center at Asia School of Business. She conducts training programs and carries out research in corporate governance. She was formerly the Deputy General Manager, Corporate Secretariat Division as Perbadanan Insurans Deposit Malaysia (PIDM) specializing in research and training on corporate governance and compliance.
She was also the head of the Corporate Governance Department at Bursa Malaysia and was involved in the development of the 2nd edition of the Corporate Governance Guide, the Sustainability Reporting Guide and Toolkits and the AGM Guide for Listed Companies. She also reviewed governance disclosures in annual reports of listed issuers which resulted in each company receiving an individual report of their disclosures and areas for improvement.
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Whistleblowing: What You Need to Know
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