On corruption, whistleblowing and some effective collaborative measures that can be taken as a society. -It’s a second Murphy’s Law for executives and entrepreneurs.

New legislation

Today is the deadline for EU countries to transpose into their legislation the EU Directive 2019/1937, which contains new provisions on whistleblower protection and additional requirements on whistleblowing channels, among other aspects. In short, it seeks to prevent retaliation within companies against those who report acts of corruption.

This event brought to my mind what happens in our countries, particularly in cases of corruption where public management is involved, and to reflect that by connecting some points of what happens, we can illustrate risks and suggest measures to prevent acts of corruption in our society.

Relevance of whistleblower protection

These issues are important to promote transparency in the actions of companies and their members; the fact that the EU has legal provisions to protect whistleblowers shows that it is a very well regarded and respected figure, so important that it is now sought to protect it through legislation for compliance by companies and public management.

Effective collaboration

The case of the effective collaborator in the criminal justice system is similar, both in EU legislation and in the United States, the figure is encouraged and supported to such an extent that in some cases they are compensated for such work.

I have decided to adapt some academic papers on the subject that I have done in the past to share on the blog, I am sure they will shed some interesting light. I will share it in subsequent installments.

See related publication: Murphy’s Law for Executives and Mechanism of corruption in VW case