But campaigners question whether the government is committed to changing the Act as much as they say is necessary to fulfil its stated role of providing a robust legal safety net for those revealing wrongdoing, crime, risk or malpractice in their workplaces.
Press narrates four cases of "insiders" who defied institutional pressure and took moral action to protect lives or report wrongdoing, at considerable risk to themselves.
Justice Department officials maintained at the time that the aggressive tactics were meant to encourage executives to cooperate in investigations into possible wrongdoing rather than risk seeing their companies indicted — often a death knell for a corporation.
The case highlights not just possible corporate wrongdoing but the risks posed to communities around the country by an environmental regulatory system that largely entrusts companies to disclose how much toxic pollution they emit, and can take years to act once violations are discovered.
Absent that kind of red flag, the law doesn't require the board to "ferret out" corporate wrongdoing or extraordinary financial risk.
If your employees feel unable to raise concerns about wrongdoing, there is a risk that a scandal could come out in the press and leave your organisation's reputation in tatters.
He cited the example of a dark alleyway as a way to think about environments that attract wrongdoing: poor lighting increases the risk of crime because a victim can't see a perpetrator, and being in alleyway increases risk because there are fewer ways for a victim to get away.
States that have even less regard for their citizens will justify attacks on those who put themselves at significant risk to expose wrongdoing and corruption or raise matters of serious public concern.
Due to the swift and effective actions of the relevant teams we are no longer at financial risk from the wrongdoing, we know the extent of the financial damage and we are fully engaged in the process of resolving all outstanding issues in a careful and considered way.
Because the amendment dealt with raising contribution limits, in theory it involved a prospect of more money from donors and more, not less, risk of political wrongdoing, like bribery; the amendment displeased the court in part because it didn't combat corruption.
