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Governments Need to Ensure Proactive Ethical Reporting Measures Are in Place Just Like Any Organization As the world has heard by now, Canada was rocked by two unique, and tragic, events. Last week a soldier was killed in a parking lot hit-and-run in what authorities say was linked to terrorist activity. And of course, just a day ago, Cpl. Nathan Cirillo was shot while standing guard at Ottawa's National War Memorial, just a few dozen metres from Parliament Hill, in another attack linked terrorist activity, prompting the Prime Minister to cancel Malala Yousafzai's (Nobel winner) citizenship ceremony.

"Ethics is the activity of man directed to secure the inner perfection of his own personality" - Albert Schweitzer Want to build a culture of integrity in your organization? Sure you do. Here's how: Effective ethics and compliance programs are key in this objective.

Are you considering implementing a whistleblower hotline? There's much to take into account regarding features and benefits of an outsourced program compared to an internal system. You've got to think about budget, resources, an implementation plan, training and report review, response and analytics. There's a lot to consider when getting ready to launch a whistleblower system. What policies and codes need to be developed to support the system? What types of reporting do you need? How do you measure success? And of course, how important is an anti-retaliation policy?

Whistleblower hotlines the new "must have" technology?

As any employee knows, the work environment is subject to many of the same ethical challenges that we face in society. With different types of people, and many different cultures and personalities, unethical behaviour can, and does arise from time to time.

The Wharton administration is considering establishing a hotline for whistleblowers to report corruption and fraud in city government, officials told a City Council committee this morning.