All posts tagged corporate accountability

WikiLeaks – A powerful resource for secure and anonymous disclosures

Of course no method is completely secure with zero risk but this service has an outstanding track record – and it has powerful bodies with unhealthy secrets worried… WikiLeaks is an internationally recognized secure service based in Iceland for anonymous whistleblowers who wish to leak sensitive “governmental, corporate, organizational, or religious documents,” sound recordings, and [...]

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Red Cross whistleblower Virgil Grandfield exposes modern slavery and human trafficking in the aid industry

Virgil Grandfield was featured in the national media last week when Radio Canada’s TV documentary series Enquette broke the story about extensive use of modern slave labour in the Canadian Red Cross’ rebuilding projects in 2004-tsunami-struck Indonesia. An English CBC TV report and national print media articles followed, as well as a radio magazine report [...]

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The Loyalty Lie

One of the most common excuses made for reprisals against whistleblowers is something I call the loyalty lie. It’s an argument that has a long and sordid history, mostly because of its success in convincing the uninformed. It happens to be a bête noire of mine – as, like many whistleblowers, I’ve been accused of [...]

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