KPMG Australia has announced that its chairman and several senior partners are leaving the company. This follows claims that client data was misused and that a whistleblower was treated unfairly.

KPMG 澳洲宣布其主席及數名資深合夥人將離開公司。此前有指控稱客戶數據被濫用，且一名舉報人受到不公平對待。

The crisis began when the firm used confidential information from clients, such as Lendlease and Optus, to help win new business. These issues were first brought to light by a whistleblower. At first, the company denied the claims and conducted internal reviews that found no problems. However, the situation worsened during a Senate inquiry led by Senator Deborah O'Neill, where it was alleged that the firm tried to fire the whistleblower shortly after they spoke up.

這場危機始於該公司利用客戶（如 Lendlease 和 Optus）的機密資訊來協助贏得新業務。這些問題最初由一名舉報人揭發。起初，公司否認相關指控並進行內部審查，結果顯示沒有問題。然而，在參議員 Deborah O'Neill 領導的參議院調查期間，情況惡化，當時被指該公司在舉報人發聲後不久便試圖將其解僱。

As a result, stakeholders are now demanding more accountability. Former board members, including Mike Baird, admitted they relied too much on management's claims that the allegations were untrue. Furthermore, the law firm Ashhurst has distanced itself from the internal probes, asserting that it was not asked to investigate the whistleblower's specific claims. Consequently, the Department of Finance has suspended KPMG from winning new government contracts, and Lendlease is reportedly ending its auditing relationship with the firm.

因此，利益相關者現在要求更高的問責制度。包括 Mike Baird 在內的前董事會成員承認，他們過於依賴管理層關於指控不實的說法。此外，Ashhurst 律師事務所已與內部調查撇清關係，聲稱其未被要求調查舉報人的具體指控。結果，財政部已暫停 KPMG 贏得新政府合約的資格，而 Lendlease 据報正終止與該公司的審計關係。

To fix these problems, KPMG has started a major overhaul of its governance. The firm is appointing its first independent chair and adding independent directors to the Australian board. To ensure they follow the rules in the future, the firm has created new committees to monitor ethics and audit quality. Additionally, they have hired Principia Advisory to conduct a public review of how they handle whistleblowers. These steps aim to reduce the damage to the firm's reputation caused by the previous leadership's failure to admit the scale of the problem.

為了修正這些問題，KPMG 已開始對其治理進行重大改革。該公司正委任首任獨立主席，並在澳洲董事會增加獨立董事。為確保未來遵守規範，公司成立了新委員會以監控職業道德與審計質量。此外，他們聘請了 Principia Advisory 對處理舉報人的方式進行公開審查。這些措施旨在減少先前領導層未能承認問題規模而對公司聲譽造成的損害。

KPMG Australia is currently changing its leadership and reforming its structure to fix serious ethical failures.

KPMG 澳洲目前正在更換領導層並改革結構，以修正嚴重的道德失敗問題。