Re:The mistake WikiLeaks made
by iwr on Saturday December 04, 2010 @08:51PM
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The comparison is wrong. Informations that could lead to the downfall of a corporation would not be plain industrial secrets (irrelevant politically). Companies would have nothing to fear if they did nothing objectionable from an ethical or criminal standpoint.
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Exactly, WikiLeaks is not going to publish a corporation's IP. What it would publish is information revealing dirty practices.
The Enron scandal is something that the wikileaks would be interested in publishing. They would not publish Intel's chip designs.
I also work in the financial field (for a company that has more public responsibility than your average), and we have a whistle-blower hotline internally. If you see any "dirty practice" you are encouraged to report it ASAP. As the CEO, I can only encourage you to create this procedure in your company.