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PwC and KPMG are leading the way in transparent corporate accountability. Here’s why you should follow in their footsteps In a radically transparent move, two major professional services firms, KPMG and PwC, have released reports detailing the number of recent workplace complaints both firms have received, setting an impressive corporate accountability benchmark in the hope that others will follow suit. According to its inaugural Impact Report, KPMG employees reported 27 complaints, including three allegations of sexual harassment, that were fully or partially substantiated. Meanwhile, PwC’s Transparency FY21 report reveals 13 bullying, harassment, sexual harassment and serious misconduct complaints that were reviewed by its Employee Relations Panel. These details of the workplace complaints only scratch at the service of what these corporate accountability reports included. Both firms took things a step further, sharing details of gender disparities, cultural diversity in leadership, the firms’ climate impacts and how much tax both companies pay. Neither organisation is publicly listed, meaning they weren’t under legal obligation to release this data. So why do it? “We’re doing this voluntarily because we know if we don’t people will still ask the question, ‘How do we know what’s going on at PwC?” says Catherine Walsh, PwC’s Head