Financial accounting fraud in capital markets represents a grave threat to companies and the public interest. Whistleblowing can be an important deterrent to fraud. 

However, blowing the whistle is fraught with challenges and obstacles. How can organizations and, in particular, internal auditors design and manage effective whistleblowing mechanisms to increase accountability and trust and uncover misconduct? 

Join us on Wednesday, Nov. 1 at 12 p.m. (ET) for a free 60-minute webinar about whistleblowing: the issues involved and how to manage internal systems. 

This webinar is presented by Smith Business Insight and the CPA Ontario Centre for Corporate Reporting and Professionalism. Bertrand Malsch, associate professor of accounting at Smith, will moderate a discussion with a panel of experts: Pamela Forward, president of the Whistleblowing Canada Research Society; Charles Cron, director of inspections at the Canadian Public Accountability Board; and Danny Weill, executive vice-president at ALIAS Solution. 

Participants will learn: 

• Best practices of successful whistleblowing policies and implementation strategies
• How external auditors can effectively assess whistleblowing systems
• How to encourage whistleblowing and enable people to tell the truth
• What it means to be a whistleblower and the challenges with speaking up
• What to consider when launching whistleblowing investigations (including cultural and inclusion issues)