The year 2020 may well go down as 'The Year of the Whistleblower'.

The first of the two stand-out cases being that of Dr. Li Webliang, the Wuhan doctor who first issued contact warnings of the Coronavirus. This information could be worth $6 trillion, the calculated price on the global economy according to Bloomberg Economics. The other being auditor Amjad Rihan successfully suing EY for $10.8 million in damages.

A recent judgment, issued on 17th April by the British High Court, against the accounting firm EY, has bolstered criticism that some firms have acted as enablers for financial misconduct. EY was found liable for covering up evidence of money laundering and forcing out a whistleblower.