We are delighted to announce that Dominic Mehta has joined Expolink Europe as our new Commercial Director. Dominic brings with him a wealth of experience in the contact centre market and will significantly strengthen the management team having worked for companies such as Lloyds TSB and Barclays, as well as having owned and run his [...]
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Whistleblowing is historically an area of cultural contention in India, though things are beginning to change. This reticence stems from post-colonial times and the general attitude of mistrust towards line management, reported unethical behaviour by officials and a lack of faith that business leaders will take reported concerns seriously and fear of retaliation. The Indian [...]
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This week, the charity Public Concern at Work published a report on the state of whistleblowing in the UK. They interviewed 1000 respondents with first-hand experience of blowing the whistle. Below we have outlined a number of the findings with how we feel, as confidential whistleblowing hotline providers, these reflect the state of play in [...]
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In a recent interview with the President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Ian Younger, we asked him for some advice on how to set up and maintain a compliant investigations policy. Ian has been a specialist in commercial and occupational fraud for thirty years and provides consultancy for the prevention and detection of [...]
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With a CV ranging from President of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners to expert consultant for Transparency International, Ian Younger is extremely well placed to guide our readers through best practice in corporate governance, setting up and maintaining a successful and compliant investigations policy and to offer his insight into the future of the [...]
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Back in June 2012, Expolink and many of our whistleblowing hotline clients contributed towards a global whistleblowing survey for the European Space Agency. Nick Waldron, who works in the Internal Audit Service for the ESA and was instrumental in facilitating the research, kindly agreed to an interview with us to discuss their findings. What prompted [...]
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In our final interview in this series, we ask NHS whistleblower, Dr Rita Pal, for her thoughts on preventing whistleblower retaliation, the possibilities for incentivisation, changing media and public attitudes, and effective training and communication of whistleblowing procedures. Incentivisation Some commentators have indicated that incentivisation could enhance the whistleblowing process by encouraging people to come [...]
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NHS whistleblower, Dr Rita Pal talks to Expolink about vilification of whistleblowers in the health service by management, and the lack of protection afforded by the Public Interest Disclosure Act. This is the second of three interviews with Dr Pal which will include articles on incentivisation, public and media attitudes to whistleblowers and preventing whistleblower [...]
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Dr Rita Pal talks to Expolink about her experiences as an NHS whistleblower, the trials of stigmatisation and taking on the General Medical Council. Dr Rita Pal is an independent medical journalist and well established, evidence-based NHS whistleblower, based in the UK. Between 1999-2007, she worked as a psychiatrist in the National Health Service and [...]
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In a series of four short interviews, Expolink Europe’s Whistleblowing Hotline Manager, Scott Bridgen, speaks to the ICSA conference organisers about facilitating whistleblowing hotlines, global trends in whistleblowing, ensuring best practice, and more… For more videos like this, visit Governance TV. Produced by yBC Contact us today to find out how our whistleblowing hotline can help you protect your business. [...]
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