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Ethics August 05, 2015
“Having an effective anti-corruption programme is more important for companies today than ever before.” – says Africa’s largest law firm, ENSAfrica. ENSAfrica recently released their 2015 anti-bribery and corruption results. 88 organisations across Africa participated in the survey.
Ethics June 25, 2015
Shoplifting, administrative errors and employee or supplier fraud costs retailers billions every year. According to a survey by the National Trade Federation (NRF), shoplifting accounted for the largest portion of the loss at 38%, followed by employee theft at 34.5%, administrative and paperwork theft at 16.5%, vendor fraud or error at 6.8% and unknown loss…
Ethics June 22, 2015
Drugs at schools, bullying and abuse of learners by educators and even abuse of educators by learners has featured prominently in the press and social media lately which is why Whistleblowing in schools is becoming an increasing need. “Schools are no different to companies when it comes to ethics and all who operate in the…
Ethics May 27, 2015
Whistleblowers have saved companies billions of Rands over the last decade which is why companies need a Whistleblowing program, however, Whistleblowers have not always received the protection or the appreciation they deserve.
Ethics April 23, 2015
The purpose of whistleblowing is to eradicate unethical behaviour in the workplace. A key component to workplace ethics and behavior is integrity, or being honest and doing the right thing at all times which highlights the importance and purpose of Whistleblowing 25% of employees would steal, 25% would never steal, 50% could go either way…
Ethics April 15, 2015
Whistleblowers for every organisation are a must. Whistleblowing is a proven fraud and corruption preventative measure and deterent. Whistleblowing is consistently the most common detection method, by a significant margin, for cases of occupational fraud. The longer frauds last, the more financial damage is caused, therefore proactive detection measures, such as a whistleblowing hotline, are…
Ethics March 26, 2015
Ethical culture is on the increase and the whistleblowing phenomenon is not going away. The Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) recently released its annual report, which had some eye-opening statistics and facts for companies. Chief among those was the fact that, of the whistleblowers that came forward to report fraud to the SEC, over 80%…
Ethics March 18, 2015
The Ethics Resource Center (ECR), found that in companies with comprehensive ethics and compliance programmes in place to reduce workplace crime, only 29 percent of employees fail to report misconduct they observe, in contrast to 61 percent in companies with no formal ethics and compliance programmes. Nevertheless, still less than 40 percent of employees state…
Ethics March 12, 2015
Small businesses are vulnerable to fraud as it poses a significant threat, warns the head of a corruption monitoring firm. Small companies are disproportionately victimized by fraud and significantly under protected by anti-fraud controls, a combination that could easily put them out of business. “In South Africa, everyone needs to be brought into the crime-fighting…
Ethics March 04, 2015
In terms of Whistle Blowers standard contract, each client receives a unique, dedicated freecall number to our technologically advanced, fully computerized, live, multilingual manned call centre for verbal reports, and an e-mail address, postal address and fax number for written reports. All irregularities disclosed to our call centre are reported to designated parties, stipulated in…
Whistle Blowing February 18, 2015
The key to the success of the hotline is that employees are reassured and have confirmation that they can come forward with reports without fear of retaliation, and, most importantly, that they have the right to remain anonymous. Both of these commitments are integral to the success of implementing this type of programme.
Ethics February 03, 2015
Ethics SA has certified Whistle Blowers (Pty) Ltd as meeting the External Whistle-blowing Hotline Service Provider Standard EO1.1.1. This is the fifth year that they have received the certification.
