Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Indian whistle-blowers: serious business

Facing the dilemma of reporting an act of wrongdoing in the workplace? Indian employees, whose attempts to report workplace misconduct often end up jeopardising their jobs, need fret no more: companies are outsourcing whistle-blowing services to third-party consultancies.

While internal complaint channels do exist in some companies, they remain unregulated by any national body, causing problems such as a lack of confidentiality or record-keeping. Independent consultancies have begun to fill in the blanks, citing a growing need among companies to boost credibility as they aim to be globally competitive.

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