“This new program still has substantial drawbacks, including a lack of reward provisions to incentivise and support whistleblowing. While the move was barely reported here, the National Law Review in the US - established in 1888 - was interested but it concluded a whistleblower would be better off under US law. Last week the Reserve Bank announced employees who spot something they think might be dodgy at an insurance company, bank or finance house now have a dedicated email address and special phone number they can use to raise the alarm. Here in New Zealand, serious sexual misconduct at the law firm Russell McVeagh gave #MeToo momentum once it had been exposed by .nz.īut one of the reasons Weinstein's crimes and his conduct went unreported for so long was the damage blowing the whistle could do to the career of anyone brave enough speak up.Īnd that holds true for all kinds of wrongdoing at work. The journalists who told their stories in the media helped create an environment where others could speak out all around the world.
Harvey Weinstein’s conviction for sex crimes this week wouldn’t have happened without the women who blew the whistle. Likewise the #MeToo movement, which drew momentum from the case.
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