Unless workers are encouraged to speak up, we will continue to see people turning a blind eye to wrongdoing in the workplace

The barrage of revelations about Jimmy Savile raises broader questions about a pervasive willingness to turn a blindeye to misdeeds committed in the workplace. Cathy James, chief executive of a whistleblowing charity, argues that unless workers are encouraged to speak up, the culture of silence within the British workplace looks set to continue.