◆Title: Whistleblower Protection Act and Scandal Responses
◆Summary: The revised Whistleblower Protection Act will come into effect in 2022, requiring businesses, governments, and media organizations to respond to scandals differently than before. The prohibition on searching for whistleblowers, which requires accused businesses to establish a system that includes measures to prevent the search for whistleblowers who have provided internal information to journalists, is just one example of this "different response." There have been cases where the head of an organization has been removed from his position for violating this rule. We would like to go back to the purpose of whistleblower protection and dig deeper, referring to actual examples, to see what has changed and how we should respond.
◆ Date: May 2024, 11 (Friday) 1: 16-00: 17
◆ Fee: Free webinar
◆ Tools used: Zoom Webinars

【Speakers】

Professor, Department of Journalism, Faculty of Letters, Sophia University
Toshihiro Okuyama

Joined the Asahi Shimbun in 1989. Reporter in the Social Affairs and Special Reporting Departments. Member of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) since 2011, participated in reporting on the Panama Papers, etc. In 2022, became a professor at Sophia University (Faculty of Letters, Department of Journalism). His books include "The Reality of Organizations as Seen in Case Studies of Whistleblowing," "The Depths of the Bubble Economy Crime," and "Declassifying the Lockheed Scandal." Received the Shiba Ryotaro Award and the Japan National Press Club Award.