anonymous-reporting

It can be easy to think of a whistleblower as someone reporting wrongdoing in a work environment, such as an office building. Mostly, when a whistleblowing report makes the news, it tends to be of high cases of malpractice in a professional setting....

The main purpose of internal investigations is to uncover wrongdoings within an organisation and, by implementing processes prevent or limit their occurrence. Protecting the organisation from further negative impact.

This blog post is a guest post from Samantha Carroll, Practice Director | Governance, Compliance & Regulation at Ash St. Legal & Advisory

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