More staff shopping their bosses on unlicensed software

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BSA reports a 50 per cent increase in whistleblower reports between 2013 and 2014

The number of staff blowing the whistle on employers using unlicensed software is on the up, according to the BSA. Between 2013 and 2014, the number of workers who shopped their bosses to the au...

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