The launch, by the New Zealand Banking Ombudsman, of a whistleblower service for bank staff is more than a playground nod to big banking. It is a masterstroke in leadership that speaks to proponents of...

Silence is no one’s friend when it comes to reporting misconduct. But the reliance placed on employees to Speak Up because the code tells them to do so is a big ask....

Ethics expert Jane Arnott on how better speak up culture could have prevented New Zealand’s Covid-19 border failures… Never has a full-scale investigation into system failure started with a review of speak up processes. Maybe it should. Let’s start with New Zealand’s border bungle. While competing IT systems and associated problems share some of the...

If bullying, harassment, or shaming was a race, says ethics expert Jane Arnott, then New Zealand’s sporting codes would have a fine pedigree. In recent months all bets would have been on Cycling NZ or Hockey NZ, closely followed by NZ Cricket. But surging into the lead in the final straight storms Gymnastics NZ, or...