Whistleblower

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The award is the highest in the history of the congressional program.

Regulators are making it harder for small-time shareholders to put forth proposals aimed at cracking down on excessive pay, climate change and other corporate governance concerns.

With the recent economic slowdown, companies are under increased pressure to show stability, or even growth, and paint a rosy picture for investors.

Ernst & Young must pay $10.8 million to an auditor who blew the whistle on wrongdoing at a Dubai gold refiner in another black eye for the U.K. accounting industry.

The Securities and Exchange Commission awarded the funds to a tipster who alerted the agency to financial misconduct occurring, partly, overseas.

A bill stuck in Congress might help improve audit oversight.

The Taxpayer First Act protects a broad range of disclosures about potential violations of IRS rules or tax fraud.

The Internal Revenue Service’s Whistleblower Office made 181 awards to whistleblowers in fiscal year 2019, totaling over $120 million and collected more than $616 million.

The legislation would create a whistleblower program similar to the one at the SEC, offering protection to accountants and auditors, and others who know of accounting fraud.