A new whistleblowing programme is currently being trialled on the other side of the Atlantic. Whistleblowers could soon be rewarded for exposing misconduct within companies and financial institutions.
On 7 March, US Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco announced the trial of a scheme designed to better uncover corporate misconduct, notably by rewarding “whistleblowers”. Whistleblowers are people who report “significant” misconduct at a company or financial institution to the US Department of Justice, or a company reporting an employee who has broken the law. “We identify the most serious wrongdoers — individual and corporate — and focus our full energy on holding them accountable. Those who break the law pay the price,” Lisa Monaco said.
Revelations may concern fraud, corruption, safety, the law and working conditions, or a risk to public health.
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