Penny Milner-Smyth

Southern African compliance professionals: 4 hours | 4 hot topics | 4 ethics CPD points. I'm giving delegates a headstart on their 2025 action plans. Book through the Compliance Insitute of Southern Africa website at compliancesa.glueup.com/event/hot-to...

Accepting token gifts - A better way - Ethicalways Your employer allows you to accept 'token' gifts. Does this give you an 'ethics pass' when that supplier arrives bearing gifts? You may think it does, but you would be wrong. Here's how to do it bette...

Even token gifts at work can be handled more ethically. Here is why I believe we should do better, with some practical suggestions for how to do so.
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The Gaping Hole In Your Policy | Whistle Blowers Read our latest blog post where we chat through anti-deterrence as the gaping hole in your Whistleblowing strategy. More info on our website.

I review organisation whistleblowing policies and repeatedly fail to find clauses that oblige supervisors / line managers to escalate ethics concerns that are are raised with them, or that makes it an offence to deter people from speaking up. My article at www.whistleblowing.co.za/anti-deterre...

Ethicalways - Engaging Workplace Integrity

You can watch a very short introductory video about what we do at Ethicalways and our evidence-based approach to doing it here: ethicalways.co.za

The Merits Of "Axe To Grind" Reports | Whistle Blowers Failure to investigate a report on the grounds that you suspected the whistleblower had an axe to grind, could leave you red-faced.

Handling whistleblowing reports in your organisation? Drafting whistleblowing policies? 'Malicious' is not a synonym for 'fictitious'....

My article for ethics hotline Whistle Blowers tackles a BIG issue that even drafters of legislation are getting wrong.

www.whistleblowing.co.za/the-merits-o...