On 30th March 2016, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, Ministry of Public Security, Ministry of Finance released regulations on protecting and rewarding whistle-blowers for the reporting of criminal activity. These regulations have been interpreted as a commitment to further strengthening the Chinese Government’s efforts to crack down on corruption that started in earnest following the 18th Party Congress.
Although these regulations are primarily targeting Chinese officials, multinational companies doing business in China need to remain vigilant to ensure that due to the actions of a rogue employee, they are not caught-up in an investigation or sustain significant damage to their reputation.
The European Chamber is delighted in welcoming Vivian Wu, Counsel at Fenxun Partners and Lars Ake Severin, CEO at PSU China Consulting, to highlight steps companies should undertake to ensure they have appropriate compliance programs put in in place to respond to whistle blowing. This advice extends to how companies should respond if an employee brings forward accusations of misconduct or how they should react if they are subject to a dawn raid by authorities.
Ms Wu will outline how the existing legal regulatory framework in China has been strengthened to protect whistle-blowers, while Mr Severin will focus on how a business can confirm the authenticity of a whistle-blower and conduct their own company-wide investigation.
Agenda
16:00-16:05 Welcome Remarks
16:05-16:45 New Laws Offer Greater Protection and Incentives to Whislteblowers in China, Counsel, Fenxun Partners
16:40-17:20 Responding to Whistleblower Allegations, Lars-Ake Severin, CEO at PSU China Consulting
17:20-18:00 Moderated discussion and Q&A
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