The rolling whistleblower disaster enveloping KPMG Australia may have found a new gear on Friday, when it forced the resignation of the accounting giant’s CEO Andrew Yates.
But it would appear the saga’s widening blast radius hasn’t stopped the firm from dishing out, er, whistleblower advice. In a post to LinkedIn just weeks before KPMG announced Yates would depart, a forensic risk services director at the firm offered colleagues some sage advice on “the topic of Upholding Whistleblower Protections in Disciplinary Investigations”.
This from a firm which, in its own words, has since acknowledged that its treatment of the whistleblower complaint that sent the accounting giant into a tailspin and a subsequent investigation into the allegations “fell short of the firm’s expectations” and “those of the whistleblower” and “broader community”.
Of course, it bears noting that the director in question hasn’t been involved in the rolling scandal, CBD hears. The scandal went public in March, when Labor MP Deborah O’Neill raised the whistleblower allegations in a Senate speech. The speech cited “misuse of confidential information, corruption of ASX audit tender processes”. KPMG declined to comment.
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