By Hilma Uutoni
Deputy Company Secretary.
GIPF has adopted a philosophy of zero tolerance towards unlawful conduct, or any form of dishonesty, fraud, theft and corruption in all its dealings with internal and external stakeholders. In seeking to attain this goal, the Fund has in place, a Whistle Blower Policy which is intended to provide an enabling environment for employees and other stakeholders to express their concerns without fear of reprisal.
According to Timothy Garton Ash, author of ‘Free Speech: Ten Principles for a Connected World’, “a whistleblower is someone who, seeing something that he or she regards as wrong happening in an organisation, passes on that information to others in the hope of exposing the wrongdoing”. Whistleblowing must however be done in accordance with relevant procedures and through the appropriate channels as set out in the policy.
The above description should be distinguished from a person merely leaking information. Leaking information happens when a person (‘the leaker’) discloses confidential information with the aim of making such information public. ‘Leakers’ can come from inside or outside the organisation. The ‘leaker’ is usually an undisclosed person and uses unauthorized platforms such as social media or approaches newspaper journalists to leak such confidential information.
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