Friday, June 09, 2006

Is this just a brilliant idea - Whistleblowing

This "intelligent" company have come up with a policy concerning whistleblowing. If the two legal companies I worked for had such a policy then my cases would never have reached the courts, there would never have been corruption inherent within the judiciary!

Having read this document I would suggest the Department of Constitutional Affairs might BENEFIT from such a policy at the moment as their appears to be a little legal mafia in place.

Whilst court cases are "public" when they are litigated, as opposed to "private" when they are arbitrated, setting up a blogspot with the purpose of "illumination" and "promulgation" is the last resort before street justice - whistleblowing on the judiciary and profession of law, if you like. The legal profession needs to take the point, I think.

You could even have a "whistleblowing" clause in a contract of employment, such that you have a "duty" to the employer to do so!!

BENEFITS
- All the company should do is say "thank you"
- If a lot of money is saved, offer a reward or incentive
- Nip a potential big issue in the bud
- Avoid mismanagement and detrimental man management practices
- Litigate or prosecute the real issue
- Enable retraining to occur
- Avoid publicity via the press
- Ensure your clients are engaged with you for "positive" and "progressive" reasons.
- Eliminate stress and distress within your workforce
- Focus on the person(s) who is the problem - management
- Enable work to occur in an aura of objectivity, rather than subjectivity where people are cowered, in fear, or doing nothing as a means to an end.
- Issues of racism, ageism, sexism, favoritism, bullying, etc are prevented at source rather than promulgated in the courts.
- Cost savings in not litigating "subjective conduct by the workforce".
- Avoidance of defamation, libel, slander or misrepresentation
- An apology is beneficial too
- Avoidance of further detriment to a career by sacking
- Sacking only where absolutely necessary
- Corruption is prevented in other organisations associated with your profession or industry
- Cartels don't flourish

BURDENS
- You may have to process people for malicious behaviour
- You may have to process people for defamation, slander, libel or misrepresentation where there is motive to the reason to whistleblow which is subjective to the whistleblower, rather than objective to the organisation


Whistleblowing

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