France: Supreme Court puts limits on whistleblowing

f conduct developed by Dassault Systemes pursuant to the American “Sarbanes Oxley” Act. In a decision rendered on December 8, the French Supreme Court simply ruled it illegal, in the name of the protection of employees’ freedom of expression. Nevertheless, it doesn’t condemn the whistleblowing system, it simply supervises its lawfulness. (Ref. 091128)

Following several financial scandals, notably unveiled by the Enron case, the American Sarbanes Oxley Act of July 2002, which forces businesses li