[author: Cherelle Johannes]
We were delighted to interview Kevin Parle – Fellow of the International Compliance Association (ICA) and Deputy Chair of the Data Protection Forum – for insights and observations of whistleblowing roles within U.K. organizations. Kevin has worked in financial services, retail banking and insurance for over 20 years, bringing his knowledge and understanding of these sectors and ideas that other sectors might implement to this article. This is part one of two.
I expect the U.K.’s whistleblowing legislation will remain consistent with the EU Directive. Despite the U.K. no longer being part of the EU, it wouldn’t make sense for developments to swing in the opposite direction – from a business perspective, it would create a whole series of practical difficulties. To expand on this, it’s one thing for the U.K. government to state its intention to deregulate and opt out of certain EU provisions, but it is entirely another matter to ignore what happens in Europe as this will still have impacts across many different sectors of the UK economy.
I must add that answers to this question could vary depending on which sector or the economy is being discussed. In the U.K.’s financial services sector, we have the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority), which has talked explicitly about whistleblowing, ethics and certification regimes,...
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