Breaking the Silence: How Speaking Up Enhances Corporate Cultures – Kenneth McCarthy on Non-Retaliation and Protections for Those Speak Up

Welcome to a special five-part podcast series on enhancing corporate culture through a great speak-up regime. This podcast series is sponsored by Case IQ. Over this series, Tom Fox will visit with Sharlyn Lauby, Jakub Ficner, Kenneth McCarthy, and Meric Bloch on the different facets of a great speak-up regime and how each of those facets will improve your corporate culture. They will tackle such topics as the indicia of a great corporate culture, the importance of triage and internal investigations in improving corporate culture, non-retaliation and protections for those who speak up, tying your entire system of speaking up to improving culture, and conclude with some thoughts on how an entire system of speaking up drives corporate culture to be better run and, at the end of the day, more profitably. In Part 2, Tom Fox visits with Kenneth McCarthy on the importance of non-retaliation and protections for those who speak up.
Kenneth McCarthy is a seasoned professional with a diverse background in government and entrepreneurship and a wealth of experience in handling whistleblowers, including sexual harassment cases. Kenneth’s perspective on addressing sexual harassment retaliation and encouraging reporting in workplaces is rooted in his belief in the importance of non-retaliation protocols and processes. He emphasizes the need to create a safe and supportive environment for individuals to report concerns, particularly in cases of sexual harassment. Drawing from personal experiences, he has seen the damaging effects of retaliation on individuals’ willingness to speak up and the potential legal and reputational implications for employers who fail to protect whistleblowers. Join Tom Fox and Kenneth McCarthy as they delve deeper into this topic in this episode.
 Key Highlights:

Systemic Retaliation in Sexual Harassment Cases

Creating a Safe Reporting Environment

The Crucial Role of Empowered Bystanders

Encouraging Bystanders: Protecting and Supporting Witnesses

Resources:
Kenneth McCarthy on LinkedIn
Integrity by McCarthy
Case IQ