Ethics of Whistle Blowing
Contents 1 Whistle Blowing 2 1.1 Origin of term 2 1.2 What is whistle blowing? 2 2 Types of Whistle Blowers 3 3 Ethical Responsibilities of Whistle Blowers 3 3.1 Motivations 3 3.2 Evidence 3 3.3 Danger Prevention 3 3.4 Personal Compliance 3 3.5 Solution 3 4 Benefits of Whistle Blowing 4 5 Drawbacks of Whistle Blowing 4 6 Laws for protection of Whistle Blowers 5 7 Protecting the Whistleblowers – Asian and European Perspectives 6 8 What does whistle blowing have to do with ethics? 7 9 How can government encourage whistle blowing? 7 10 What ethical dilemmas do whistle blowing present? 8 11 Cases Of Whistle Blowing In Pakistan 9 11.1 Case 1 9 11.2 Case 2 9 12 Conclusion 10
Whistle Blowing
Origin of term
The term whistleblower comes from the phrase "blow the whistle," which refers to a whistle being blown by a policeman or a referee to indicate an activity that is illegal or a foul.
What is whistle blowing? * * Working in the corporate or government environment, employees are sometimes subject to see things they should not see. Such things that are unethical to society or to the corporation. An employee is then placed in a situation where the employee must decide what action should be taken. Do you report the unethical behavior to upper-management or do you just let it go to avoid risking the disciplinary action towards a co-worker, the company or at times risk losing your job. So whistle blowing is defined as: * * An employee’s disclosure to government, the press, or upper-management authorities that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities. * * The textbook, “Moral Issues in Business”, states whistle blowing as “an employee act of informing the public about the illegal or immoral behavior of an employer or organization.”
However many a time’s employees are reluctant to report their company or disclose information of behavior because of
Whistle Blowing
Origin of term
The term whistleblower comes from the phrase "blow the whistle," which refers to a whistle being blown by a policeman or a referee to indicate an activity that is illegal or a foul.
What is whistle blowing? * * Working in the corporate or government environment, employees are sometimes subject to see things they should not see. Such things that are unethical to society or to the corporation. An employee is then placed in a situation where the employee must decide what action should be taken. Do you report the unethical behavior to upper-management or do you just let it go to avoid risking the disciplinary action towards a co-worker, the company or at times risk losing your job. So whistle blowing is defined as: * * An employee’s disclosure to government, the press, or upper-management authorities that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities. * * The textbook, “Moral Issues in Business”, states whistle blowing as “an employee act of informing the public about the illegal or immoral behavior of an employer or organization.”
However many a time’s employees are reluctant to report their company or disclose information of behavior because of