Reputational risk is a huge issue in the financial markets these days, and staff are constantly reminded that the actions of one, or a few, could damage the reputation of a business, and ultimately the bottom line.

But what if you discovered that a close work colleague, one that you went out with socially outside working hours, was involved in foul-play ? He, or she, was involved in producing tainted stock research, rigging the price of IPO shares, inflating the value of a trading book, or participating in an insider trading ring. In these circumstances, could you become a whistleblower ? Would you put the reputation of your firm ahead of your loyalty to a friend ? Or would you turn a blind-eye ?

Well, we want to know how you would deal with this ethical dilemma. Send in your response by email by clicking the corresponding link below:

1. Blow the whistle

2. Keep quiet

or

3. Not sure

All individual reponses will remain confidential. Please not that only mails sent from a designated work e-mail address will count.

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