UK Special Award 2004:
  "Most Whistle Blowing Friendly Culture"

Sponsor: Public Concern at Work www.pcaw.co.uk

Winner: Procter and Gamble

The benefits of a whistleblowing friendly culture are clear from the news about Enron, WorldCom and, most recently, the Home Office. We asked employees to respond to the statement "If I witnessed wrongdoing at work, I could raise the issue and be confident it would be addressed." Over 93 per cent of employees surveyed at Asda, Fishburn Hedges, Flight Centre Ltd, Procter & Gamble and ?What If! Ltd answered as 'often true' or 'almost always true'.

Public Concern at Work - the whistleblowing charity - has sponsored a new Special Award for organisations that are seen by their staff as a "whistleblowing friendly workplace". Guy Dehn, the charity's director, says "When it comes to whistleblowing, culture matters more than procedure. Concerns won't be raised unless staff are confident that the organisation will address them and so the views of staff on this are critical. We are delighted that today's top workplaces are seen by their staff as whistleblowing friendly."

In deciding which organisation should receive this Special Award, Samantha Huddle from Great Place to Work^® Institute UK said "Looking at the responses to this question, the nature of the business and at the assurances it offers staff who raise concerns, we've decided to give this Special Award to Procter & Gamble".