 Bismillahir Rahmanir Raheem and Aslanikam Pakistan. Welcome back to Corporate Governance and we are continuing with our series of sessions on whistleblowing. Today we are going to talk about the impacts of whistleblowing. Well, most of the time people think that there are only negative impacts. But ladies and gentlemen, there are also positive impacts. Today we are going to look at both of them, the negative impacts of whistleblowing and the positive impacts of whistleblowing. Now, these impacts basically depend upon the structure, the platforms, the history and the processes within an organization and also the laws and regulatory institutions within the country of those institutions and thirdly on the role of media. So, we have three major factors which are affecting the impact of whistleblowing. They are the internal processes, systems and platforms within the organization, the culture and environment which exists within the organization, the regulatory frameworks and the regulatory laws of the country and third the role of media and how they tend to perceive and project different incidences which are taking place around the country or around the globe. Now, when we look at the impacts of whistleblowing, let us look at some of the negative ones which are quite obvious, abuse and anger from the people directly or indirectly involved in the drawing doing. So, definitely there would be a lot of anger, there would be a lot of hatred and it could be manifested in abuse. Whistleblowers face hostility and resentment from their peers and also superior. So, that is something which is very common, something which is very understandable and something which is a natural reaction to the whistleblowing and also to the whistleblower. Now, we look at other negative impacts, whistleblowers face an awkward social surrounding and still to relation with their employees. So, what happens is that usually the person is isolated, the person is left alone and people tend to avoid that whistleblower because they do not want to be marked as a supporter of that whistleblower. So, many friends and many colleagues and many peers they tend to get distance. Whistleblowers are compelled to leave the organization. So, sometimes the situation is created in such a way that the whistleblower has no other choice but to resign because the person does not resign. Their lives and their professional careers are made so hellish that they just cannot continue and sometimes whistleblowers are demoted from the position they are in. Whistleblowers can be transferred to a less desirable location and that could be a punishment location. In an extreme situation, their family health or life might also be in jeopardy. So, where the stakes are very high, sometimes the organizations indulge in unethical practices of damaging the personal life of the whistleblower and whistleblowers can be isolated from the rest of the organization which I was talking about earlier. The credibility in future job opportunities may also be at risk because organizations do not want to hire a person who basically is a whistleblower because they fear that their wrongdoings would also be projected. Reputation of the organization against which the whistle has blowing is usually at stake. The whistleblower may also feel restlessness, fatigue, headache, insomnia, anger, anxiety and disillusionment as a consequence of the attitude and behavior of others around him or her and that can be also very debilitating and also very damaging for the whistleblower. If we look at some of the positive impacts, then in rare cases in extremely good organizations then they could be a promotion, they could be an increased salary. The reputation of the individual would be gaining a lot of impetus that the person is upright and tends to raise his or her voice and is a man or a woman of integrity. Getting a higher assignment where responsibility is expected, so again sometimes the management or the board of directors give a higher assignment because they think that this person has a lot of metal, the MEWT LE metal. There could be financial rewards like perks, awards, bonuses, etc. It could lead to a change in the organizational culture, motivating transparency and trust within the organization and in some instances encouraging the organization to venture into new risky areas. So what we see ladies and gentlemen is that there are negative impacts and their positive impact. Definitely in whistleblowing the negative impacts are far more but in rare circumstances there can also be positive impacts and those positive impacts can be beneficial for the individual who is whistleblowing for the processes which exist within the organization and for the whole institution and all the stakeholders and shareholders because the organization would realign and recalibrate themselves towards a better destination with better processes, better systems and better mechanisms to move forward. So whistleblowing is something which must be made integral to an organization and should be encouraged even though there are more negative impacts and positive impacts but the long term positive impact is that the organization would be more successful and the stakeholders would holistically benefit. Thank you so much.