Richard: Want to make government spending more accountable? Protect whistleblowers
“While the work of enforcing financial controls and reconciling balance sheets is rarely the stuff of newspaper headlines, it’s vital work nonetheless – and it’s work that often puts these professionals in a position to sniff out wrongdoing, fraud and mismanagement at its earliest stages.
Yet the very real threat of reprisal for reporting wrongdoing means that often these professionals are forced to choose between upholding their professional obligations and protecting their family, personal wellbeing and, often, their very livelihood.”
Read the entire article by ACFO-ACAF President Dany Richard here.