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We strongly encourage any law that highlights the need for protecting so-called whistleblowers, whose bravery promotes transparency and helps battle wrongdoing. We welcome the EU Whistleblowing Directive and all national derivatives of it.

We recently spoke to Wim Vandekerckhove about his thoughts on the challenges that most organisations face when trying to build a better culture, and whistleblowing in general. He shared his insights on common misperceptions about what whistleblowing entails, and how to create a healthy speak up culture within an organisation. Wim Vandekerckhove is Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School in France. He holds a PhD from Ghent University. Before joining EDHEC, he held a lecturer post at Ghent University (Belgium), visiting scholarships at the University of Oslo (Norway), Griffith University (Australia), the International Anti-Corruption Academy (Austria), and was Professor of Business Ethics at the University of Greenwich (UK). Wim has provided expertise on whistleblowing to various organisations, including Council of Europe, UNODC, the International Olympic Committee, Transparency International, the UK Department of Health, and the British Standards Institute (BSI). He was the convenor for ISO37002, the international standard for whistleblowing management systems.

We’re all better off when honesty and transparency are encouraged. Learn how building a speak up culture creates stronger relationships, builds trust, and helps individuals and organisations go beyond compliance.

Current status of the EU Whistleblowing Directive While the original deadline for the transposition of the EU Whistleblowing Directive was in December 2021, only one Member State managed to get there on time. Malta has had a whistleblowing law since 2013, which was quickly amended in 2021 to meet the provisions of the EU Directive.