Research for the Institute of Business Ethics has shown that while one in four employees are aware of misconduct at work, more than half stay silent.

The Publicly Available Specification 1998 sets out good practice for the introduction, revision, operation and review of effective whistleblowing arrangements and places increasing emphasis on the role that whistleblowing plays ‘as an instrument of good governance and a manifestation of a more open culture’.

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