In the wake of large and highly-publicised business failures, new US laws are providing increasing protection for ‘whistleblowers’ – employees who report corporate wrongdoing by their employers.
The new laws parallel recent developments in Europe where organisations such as the UK charity Public Concern at Work have been consulting with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the Council of Europe and the Global Forum to promote similar initiatives for a number of years.
