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Top Lecture Emerging trends and challenges in managing whistleblowing by Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove Date : Thursday 26 June 2014. Venue : Antwerp Management School, Sint-Jacobsmarkt 9-11, 2000 Antwerp (free underground parking). Timing : 4-5 pm Emerging trends and challenges in managing whistleblowing, Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove* 5-6 pm Networking drink. Fee : Free entrance for members of IFA, IIA and ACFE. Registration : Via email no later than 20 June 2014 to [email protected] About the lecturer Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove is Senior Lecturer Organisational Behaviour and Programme Leader HRM & Business Psychology at the University of Greenwich, Faculty of Business, in London. He is an academic expert on whistleblowing, having researched and published on it for more than 10 years. He has provided expertise to various organisations, including Public Concern at Work, Transparency International, Council of Europe, Linklaters, and is a member of the advisory board of the National Whistleblowing Advice Centre in the Netherlands (Adviespunt Klokkenluiden). About the topic In the wake of the recent financial crisis we now more readily acknowledge the importance of whistleblowers in detecting wrongdoing. There is now a more positive attitude towards those who raise concerns about wrongdoing in the organisations they work in. This change in public sentiment is accompanied by the development of new regulatory frameworks and operational challenges, both at regulatory as well as organisational levels.

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Page 1: Top Lecture Emerging trends and challenges in managing ... · PDF fileTop Lecture Emerging trends and challenges in managing whistleblowing by Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove Date : Thursday

Top Lecture

Emerging trends and challenges

in managing whistleblowing

by Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove

Date :

Thursday 26 June 2014.

Venue :

Antwerp Management School, Sint-Jacobsmarkt 9-11, 2000 Antwerp (free underground parking).

Timing :

4-5 pm Emerging trends and challenges in managing whistleblowing, Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove*

5-6 pm Networking drink.

Fee :

Free entrance for members of IFA, IIA and ACFE.

Registration :

Via email no later than 20 June 2014 to [email protected]

About the lecturer

Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove is Senior Lecturer Organisational

Behaviour and Programme Leader HRM & Business Psychology

at the University of Greenwich, Faculty of Business, in London. He

is an academic expert on whistleblowing, having researched and

published on it for more than 10 years.

He has provided expertise to various organisations, including

Public Concern at Work, Transparency International, Council of

Europe, Linklaters, and is a member of the advisory board of the

National Whistleblowing Advice Centre in the Netherlands

(Adviespunt Klokkenluiden).

About the topic

In the wake of the recent financial crisis we now more readily acknowledge the importance of

whistleblowers in detecting wrongdoing. There is now a more positive attitude towards those who raise

concerns about wrongdoing in the organisations they work in. This change in public sentiment is

accompanied by the development of new regulatory frameworks and operational challenges, both at

regulatory as well as organisational levels.

Page 2: Top Lecture Emerging trends and challenges in managing ... · PDF fileTop Lecture Emerging trends and challenges in managing whistleblowing by Dr. Wim Vandekerckhove Date : Thursday

Wim will comment on some emerging trends and challenges with regard to managing whistleblowing

policies at both these levels. He will illustrate with some concrete examples at the regulatory level (i.e.

Transparency International’s updated guidelines, the UK Whistleblowing Commission, the Council of

Europe Recommendation on Protecting Whistleblowers, recent legal changes in Europe). In general,

the push for regulators to take a more pro-active approach to whistleblowing will have implications for

organisational whistleblowing regimes.

Some of these implications are already visible, e.g. pattern identification rather than case-by-case

treatment of concerns, reversing the trend of outsourcing hotlines to in-house, an increased anxiety

not to miss the next red flag, and publicly reporting of internal whistleblowing activity. Wim will use

examples of these implications as illustrations of 5 emerging challenges with regard to managing

whistleblowing policies: indicator challenge, intervention challenge, triage-challenge, broker challenge,

and performance challenge.

About the venue

The event takes place in the beautifully restored buildings of the Antwerp Management School, Sint-

Jacobsmarkt 9-11, 2000 Antwerp. Antwerp Management School is the autonomous business school of

the University of Antwerp, and was founded in 1959. For information on public transport, route and

parking we refer to www.antwerpmanagementschool.be

About the Institute of Forensic Auditors

The Institute of Forensic Auditors (IFA) is the national professional federation of forensic auditors in

Belgium. IFA is has been founded in 2001 as a not for profit association which is based on a public-

private partnership. IFA holds a list of professionals in the public and private sector who are certified

as "Registered Forensic Auditors". IFA develops best practices for forensic practitioners. IFA regularly

organises conferences and trainings on forensic topics. IFA is an ideal forum for networking within the

forensic community. For more information we refer to www.forensicaudit.be