I think then, Egbt, after some reflection, that I now agree that the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law should be referred to as (dirty) SOX ? Auditing and SEC rule changes no fun then ? Perhaps they (US Congress) should have left those items out and just included the Obstruction of Justice provisions et al.
I know the UK has the powerful Public Interest Disclosure Act - good law for public protection - German whistleblowers also have reasonable legal status. The EU has considered in "Criminal and the Civil Law Conventions on Corruption of the Council of Europe" such protections, but has no signatories on board yet. Anyone know of similar statutes in Spain or France ?
While I understand the general (and rather ugly) lack of confidentiality in the US is rampant, there are good things to be said for our corporate chicken little and his squawks that the sky (or things from it) may indeed be falling.
cheers,
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