In addition to the ongoing phone-hacking scandal and subsequent lawsuits at News Corp., the company’s News International division remains under investigation for bribing police officers in the United Kingdom. As a gesture toward not being a crooked company, employees are now being encouraged to call a new “alertline” — open 24 hours a day, 365 days a year — to report suspicious fellow News Corp. workers. There’s even a built-in safeguard for overeager accusers: “If you make an honest complaint in good faith, even if you are mistaken as to what you are complaining about, the company will protect you from retaliation,” says the new policy. We’d like to imagine Rupert Murdoch sitting on the other end of the hotline, silently assessing the loyalty of every single minion.
News Corp sets up hotline for staff to report ‘illegal activity’ [Independent UK]