Blog26th Jun 2024 Tackling Modern Slavery through whistleblowing It’s estimated by non-governmental organisations that nearly 46 million people are enslaved around the world in 2017. The majority of them are found in China, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Uzbekistan, although no country is immune from the problem and there… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Are businesses doing enough to encourage whistleblowing? In America, the Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal drew lots of media attention over the last year. The scandal highlighted a fraudulent scheme whereby the bank’s employees were caught opening millions of fake accounts for unsuspecting customers. As a result… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Tips on how you can encourage whistleblowers to speak up Whistleblower protection is essential for safeguarding the public interest and for fostering a culture of integrity and accountability within organisations. While many businesses are becoming more proactive in developing policies that clearly define how they will protect whistleblowers, there are… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Bribery – How driving down dangerous roads could prove costly The Bribery Act 2010 remains one of the most far-reaching pieces of legislation dealing with the threat of bribery and corruption across the globe. Proof of how far this anti-corruption legislation travels across international boundaries, was demonstrated recently in the… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 The best whistleblowing and anti-fraud solution As a counter-fraud investigator of many years, nothing surprises me when it comes to the various types of devious behaviour perpetrated by fraudsters against businesses up and down the country. Most frauds that are committed against businesses share common characteristics… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 A forward thinking whistleblowing solution Having the confidence to speak up about illegal or fraudulent actions which, once reported, could result in unwanted consequences for the whistleblower is often easier said than done. Concerns for whistleblowers include impact on future career prospects, stress and reaction… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Modern Slavery: You need to take note The concept of modern slavery seems completely alien to most of us. The images of slaves, enforced to provide their labour, shackled and whipped come to mind and seem preposterous to consider in the context of modern business. It… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Networking in the Connected Age This month we consider how best we can build meaningful and productive business relationships. An essential skill in modern times, which spans every function and sector. We include some top tips taken from current thinking. What are we talking… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 How Leadership Style is Impacting Employee Engagement Given the now extensive research linking Performance directly to Employee Engagement, most leaders are aware that the business of ‘Engaging’ employees is no longer considered a ‘soft’ topic. It’s an essential component for developing an agile organisation that can survive… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Are your people ‘Fit for Success’? In recent years there has been a growing interest in the role and correlation between physical fitness and physical capacity with the achievement of high performance. There does seem to be a pattern amongst very high performing business leaders and… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Time for Councils to see, hear & speak up There’s much more that could be done to clamp down on fraud and other wrongdoing in local government, argues SEAN MACAULEY of AAB. Having spent 22 years with a local authority and worked as a Fraud Manager, I’ve understandably spent… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 New criminal finance bill targeting Employers Prime Minister Theresa May is pushing forward an expansion of current legislation to target white-collar crime originally proposed by former PM David Cameron in May. The proposed plans are intended not only to encourage bosses to do more to prevent… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Why failing to set the tone at the top can prove costly In recent years many organisations up and down the country have implemented whistleblowing arrangements and other controls, with the aim of encouraging staff to speak up and help stamp out fraud and other wrongdoing. However transparency in the workplace must… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Whistleblowing rules in the financial services industry Despite the introduction of the UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 and the subsequent Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 which provided much needed protection for whistleblowers, employees in many industries across the UK have often continued to suffer mistreatment… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 Enhancing regulatory compliance in Care Homes Care Home providers across the UK are entrusted to care for the vulnerable and provide national standards of quality and safety required by law. National Standards cover a number of areas such as how patients and persons are treated, the… By Caroline Murphy View more
Blog26th Jun 2024 An Ounce of Prevention is Better Than a Pound of Cure The term ‘Prevention is better than cure’ is a well-known proverb in the anti-fraud industry used by fraud specialists when demonstrating that it’s easier to stop fraud happening in the first place than to repair the damage after it has… By Caroline Murphy View more