Problem for "The Company" is that in today's environment it is almost impossible to keep bad things secret.
Without commenting in rights or wrongs of WikiLeaks and many other (infamous) whistle-blowers, if wrong things have been done by any party in recent times there is a fair chance that the truth will come out.
QF has an independent whistle-blowers hotline, one call from a disgruntled secretary, one fax from a miffed lackey and a whole house of cards could collapse .......
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