Narayana Murthy bats for external probe into whistleblower complaints

Whistle-blowing should not be an act of vengeance by ‘disgruntled’ employees and the whistle-blower should have data and proof to substantiate his/her claims against a company, Infosys’ co-founder and former chairman N R Narayana Murthy said at a convention organised by the All India Management Association on Monday.

Murthy said he was not in favour of companies conducting an internal probe into whistle-blower allegations through external law firms. “That is like the accused investigating the case and sitting in judgment,” he said.

He said the best way to deal with whistle-blower complaints is to get them probed by an external committee or by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), and have the details of the enquiry published on company websites.