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Survey Says ‘Wall Street Is Facing An Ethical Crisis’

According to [law firm] partner and Chair of the Whistleblower Representation Practice, Jordan Thomas, “Internal reporting of wrongdoing depends on one thing, ‘trust,'” he said in an interview. “If the employees cannot trust their organization then the system fails.” “There are plenty of good people on Wall Street, but for those who are not, we...

The Morning Risk Report: Conditions Ripe for SEC Whistleblowers

The Wall Street Journal

These employees that suspect bad behavior but are wary of reporting it internally are ideal candidates for the SEC’s anonymous whistleblower program. A growing number of those surveyed knew about this whistleblower program (60%, up from 49% in 2012) and the vast majority (89%) said they would be willing to report wrongdoing given the conditions...

Survey: Professional Ethics Weak on Wall Street

Wall Street And Financial Services Industry Still Dangerously Unethical: Survey

International Business Times

Senior . . . partner Jordan Thomas, who helped oversee the survey, told the International Business Times he found some results this year particularly surprising. A similar survey last year of the British financial sector actually produced more encouraging results, indicating better behavior, said Thomas. “Things went from bad to worse in one year,” said...

Would You Cheat the Street?

Employer Scare Tactics May Chill SEC Whistleblower Program

But an issue has emerged that could stanch the flow of tips. Despite an anti-retaliation provision in the Dodd-Frank Act, the law that created the whistleblower office, some plaintiffs attorneys complain that companies are using language in severance, confidentiality and other employment agreements that threatens employees with termination if they communicate directly with the SEC....

Hazy Future for Thriving S.E.C. Whistle-Blower Effort

The New York Times

Calls from whistle-blowers came pouring in. In a recent report to Congress, Mr. McKessy stated that his office in the last fiscal year received 3,001 tips. “I expect you’ll see more cases in the coming year,” said Jordan A. Thomas, a former S.E.C. official who helped create the office and is now handling whistle-blower complaints...

Hedge Fund Snitches Seek SEC Riches

The bounties, as well as the SEC’s promise to protect whistleblowers from retaliation, could be attractive enough to hedge fund employees to make them overcome any skittishness about going to the agency, according to [law firm] partner Jordan Thomas, who chairs the firm’s whistleblower practice and previously served in a leadership role for the SEC...

Hedge Fund Workers’ Shameful Secret: Rulebreaking

“The high percentage of hedge fund professionals that are aware of the SEC Whistleblower Program and are willing to report wrongdoing is extremely encouraging,” Jordan Thomas, chairman of the whistleblower representation practice at [prior firm], said in the statement. “Without individuals willing to report possible securities violations, internally or externally, responsible organizations and law enforcement...

More Than a Third of Hedge Fund Professionals Feel Pressured to Break Rules in Pursuit of Alpha

“The high percentage of hedge fund professionals that are aware of the SEC Whistleblower Program and are willing to report wrongdoing is extremely encouraging,” says Jordan Thomas, chair of the Whistleblower Representation Practice at [prior firm]. “Without individuals willing to report possible securities violations, internally or externally, responsible organisations and law enforcement authorities cannot police...

Hanky Panky By Hedge Funds Is No Secret, Study Says

Institutional Investor's Alpha

“The question about compensation pressures shows a fundamental disconnect because what people say they stand for and how the internal policies actually work,” says Jordan Thomas, a partner at [prior firm] in New York, which sponsored the survey, along with the HFA and Reuters Hedgeworld. Respondents came from member and subscriber databases supplied by the...

Half of Hedge Funds Think Their Competitors Are Cheating

The Wall Street Journal

The Hedge Fund Association, a trade group representing smaller hedge funds, and the industry publication HedgeWorld sent out emails to their member and subscriber lists asking them to participate in the survey, according to Jordan Thomas, [whose prior firm] commissioned the study along with the two organizations. Research Now, an online data collection firm, supplied...

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February 10, 2020

Jordan Thomas Recognized as a 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust

Whistleblower Representation Practice Chair Jordan Thomas has been named a Trust Across America 2020 Top Thought Leader in Trust. A multi-year award winner, Jordan joins corporate leaders, academics and researchers who transform the way organizations build and operate their businesses. Describing Jordan’s work, Trust Across America wrote “And what if the SEC could tap the...

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A Conversation with Jordan Thomas: The Origins of the SEC Whistleblower Program

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How to avoid the next financial crisis? How to detect the next fraud and deter the next fraudster? These questions plagued regulators, law enforcement, legislators and the public at large following the collapse of the global economy in 2008. One idea that would prove to be prescient and, in its execution, extraordinarily successful, was the...

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