Accounting Information Systems 7th Edition by Cynthia Heagy,Constance Lehmann

Exercise 14

A former employee called a local newspaper and reported that a major company had paid bribes to foreign governments over a period of years to obtain export contracts and had also made large contributions to three members of a U.S. congressional committee to influence legislation leading to the Clean Air Act of 1991. The employee offered to make available to the newspaper copies of internal memos written by senior executives proving that the activities took place.
Required:
What actions do you think this organization could have taken:
a. to reduce the possibility of involvement in illegal activities by high-level management?
b. to encourage potential whistle-blowers to reveal their information internally instead of being forced to go outside?