EQUITY BANK – ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT
Allegations of sexual harassment of interns were made against a top Manager in the Equity Leaders Programme. These were made public in Facebook posts. Investigations were made and the manager sacked. The company took some corrective measures to prevent recurrence of such an eventuality. However, Nora Chelagat Borus – Stanford Univ Student – the whistle […]
Allegations of Sexual Abuse
In 2017, it was reported that the UN system was investigating about 2,000 allegations of sexual abuse by its UN Peace Keepers around the world. It is said that the UN spent USD 480,000/= (KShs. 48 m ) investigating allegations of sexual abuse by its peace keeping force in the Central African Republic alone. The […]
CHALLENGES OF WHISTLE BLOWING
Several challenges are associated with whistle blowing. Firstly, intentional wrongdoers are a threat to a whistle blower. Secondly, would be whistle blowers fear for both their livelihoods and their lives. Thirdly, there is concern about the reputational risk to some perceived wrongdoers, who in fact, could be victims of malicious reports. These challenges affect all […]
IMPORTANCE OF WHISTLE BLOWING
“Misconduct by those in high places is always dangerous to reveal. Whistleblowers thus face conflicting impulses: by challenging and exposing transgressions by the powerful, they perform a vital public service—yet they always suffer for it. […] whistleblowing, an important but unrecognized cousin of civil disobedience, has held powerful elites accountable in America.” (A Stanger Whistleblowers: […]