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10 May, 2014

Code of conduct vital to protect corporate whistleblowers

He was the first gaijin ”salaryman” who rose through the ranks to become the chief executive of a major Japanese company. But within a matter of months he was out the door – and then he blew the whistle on almost $US2 billion in corporate malfeasance.

Now he has thrown his weight behind a push to improve corporate governance, not just in Japan or elsewhere in north Asia, where he has first-hand experience of the problems, but more broadly by seeking more support for whistleblowers, and also for more women directors to help change corporate cultures.

Read the rest: Code of conduct vital to protect corporate whistleblowers – Sydney Morning Herald.