You can preach “speaking up” until you’re blue in the face, but if your managers aren’t echoing the message—or even worse, unintentionally discouraging it—it’s not going to make a difference. And that’s sad...

Sometimes employees aren’t sure what issues they should raise through your helpline so you get everything from “so-and-so walks around barefoot in the office” to “I think my manager might be committing fraud.” This...