Boeing Insist on Whistle Blowing or Else Sack

Aierospace gian Boeing is to force its 150,000 workers to sign up to a whistleblowers’ charter. Anyone who refuses will be sacked.

All employees, including the company’s 150 full-time staff in the UK, will be expected to snoop on their colleagues as part of the crackdown on unethical behaviour.

Chief Executive Harry Stonecipher, 67, who was drafted in to the company after former boss Phil Condit resigned in the wake of a series of ethical scandals, said: “We have a bunch of guys at the end of the phone who will be able to discuss the code. But I guess if the person does not sign, there will be a parting of the ways.”

The controversial section of the code states: “Employees will promptly report any illegal or unethical conduct to management or other appropriate authorities. Every employee has the responsibility to ask questions, seek guidance and report suspected violations of this code of conduct. Retaliation against employees who come forward to raise genuine concerns will not be tolerated.”