[Foundation-l] Money, politics and corruption

[Oliver Keyes]

To be honest, anyone "whistleblowing" from outside the organisation.. well,
it's rather hard to be punished by the foundation employment-wise when you
don't work for them.

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:10 PM, Thomas Dalton <thomas.dalton at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 14 July 2010 23:00, Federico Leva (Nemo) <nemowiki at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Sue Gardner, 14/07/2010 18:33:
> >
> >> * Anyone who has information about malfeasance or misfeasance inside
> Wikimedia should take a look at our Whistleblower Policy, which lays out
> process for escalation to authorities.  The policy is intended to cover
> serious and actual problems (rather than for example rumour or worries), but
> it's probably better to overreport than underreport.  And it is good to have
> a confidential avenue. I can tell you our Whistleblower Policy has worked
> well for us in the past: I'm glad it exists.
> >
> > Anyone? Looks like it applies only to employees.
> > http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Whistleblower_Policy
> > "entity with whom Wikimedia Foundation Inc has a business relationship"
> > includes chapters?
>
> Indeed. I'm not sure why Sue mentioned the Whistleblower Policy.
> Whistleblower policies are about what an employee needs to do to make
> sure they don't get fired for reporting things to the authorities.
> It's irrelevant for anyone else. The general idea that it's good to
> report things to the ED, Chair of the Board or Chair of the Audit
> Committee (as appropriate) is a good one, but that isn't because it
> says so in the Whistleblower Policy. It's just because it's a good way
> to get the problem solved.
>
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