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New whistleblowing code of practice
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06 August 2008

BSI British Standards publishes PAS 1998 Whistleblowing Arrangements Code of Practice

BSI British Standards, the National Standards Body of the UK, has published a code of practice for whistleblowing arrangements to mark the ten-year annivesary of the Public Interest Disclosure Act which introduced legal protection for "whistleblowing" employees who uncover criminal behaviour or dangerous practices at work.
 
The new code (available here) sets out good practice for the introduction, revision, operation and review of effective whistleblowing arrangements. With the increasing emphasis on the role that whistleblowing plays “both as an instrument of good governance and a manifestation of a more open culture”, this code of practice has been developed to be of assistance to organisations across the private, public and voluntary sectors. 

 

Research for the Institute of Business Ethics has shown that while one in four employees are aware of misconduct at work, more than half (52%) of those stay silent.

 
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