With more whistleblower complaints coming in to agencies like the SEC, more regulators adding rules to protect corporate whistleblowers, and a recent Supreme Court decision that expands whistleblower protections to employees of private companies, it’s becoming apparent that all companies need to do more to address whistleblower retaliation risks.

Jaclyn Jaeger is a freelance contributor to Compliance Week after working for the company for 15 years. She writes on a wide variety of topics, including ethics and compliance, risk management, legal,...