Critics of
the OSC whistleblower program argue that providing financial rewards will give rise to an «American — style bounty program» and may lead to individuals coming forward with incomplete or misleading information that may implicate others for nefarious or monetary motives.
Submission to OSC re: OSC Staff consultation Paper 15 - 401 Proposed Framework for
an OSC Whistleblower Program
Get more updates from Andrew and Rebecca on the OSC's approach to managing insider trading in «Proposed Changes to
OSC Whistleblower Program.»
Submission to OSC re: OSC Staff consultation Paper 15 - 401 Proposed Framework for
an OSC Whistleblower Program
Not exact matches
This is accomplished by requiring all DOT Operating Administrations to participate in
OSC's
Whistleblower Protection Act certification
program.
It would be optimistic to call the Ontario Securities Commission's (
OSC) new
whistleblower program a «game - changer» with respect to its role in preventing fraud,... Read more
According to Waitzer, the
OSC should design the
program such that a
whistleblower must try to raise the issue with his or her employer first.
Ask him what in - house lawyers should be doing at this point with respect to the
OSC's
whistleblower program, Lascaris recommends thinking twice before discounting it as an inevitably intrusive system bound to disrupt internal compliance.
«The
whistleblower program would allow an individual to report serious misconduct to the
OSC regardless of the operation of those systems.»
Barbara Hendrickson of BAX Securities Law says internal reporting policies and the
OSC's
whistleblower program don't have to be inconsistent with each other.
Royal says she understands the rationale for a
whistleblower program, but she says it will be «a more interesting conversation to have in a year» to see if the
OSC has struck the right balance.