Council Recognises Damage done to Whistleblower

The leader of Wirral Borough Council, Jeff Green, has published a blog post in which he recognises a council whistle blower Martin Morton was treated "disgracefully", and apologises to both Martin Morton "and the people we ripped off".

This is such rare and refreshing news. Through my work I hear of whistleblowers from around the country whose experiences were always vilification and serious damage to career and health. None have ever got to the stage where their former employers openly and wholeheartedly recognised the damage - and the immorality of the damage - they did, both to the person who raised the concern, and through the matter that the whistleblower was trying to expose.

I hope this makes national front pages and that the revitalised Wirral Borough Council becomes an example of the right way for employers to react to bad news from the inside.

http://cllrjeffgreen.wordpress.com/2011/04/14/martin-morton-was-right/