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.