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What is a Whistle Blower? Meaning.

A Whistle Blower is an employee or former employee who publicly alleges or reports to government agencies misconduct of his own company (or government agency) in the hope of stopping it. Generally the corporate misconduct is a legal violation or a threat to public interest, such as dishonesty, fraud, health or safety violations, corruption or misleading or unethical practices


Almost invariably whistleblowers act out of conscience, as selfless martyrs for public interest, corporate accountability or corporate responsibility, but some people view them as either "snitches" or as people pursuing personal glory and fame. Whistle blowing often leads to short but fierce media attention, which can cause substantial damage to the corporate reputation and even to corporate value.


Although theoretically these people are protected by law in some jurisdictions, in practice it is not uncommon that whistle blowers are ostracized by their co-workers (who fear they might lose their jobs), discriminated against by future potential employers, and fired or demoted by their own organization.


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Dealing with an Office Snitch or Tell-tale
Snitches in the workplace are odious. They are the people who secretly tell the management that someone else has done something bad, often in order to cause trouble. In serious cases, this could even ...
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Preparing to Blow the Whistle: How to Be Competently Courageous
Everybody knows that when a courageous person challenges people in powerful positions or entire organizations, bad things easily happen to them.

Professor Detert of Darden School of Busines...
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🔥 NEW Cash-for-Information Programs
In the USA, the OSHA with its Whistleblower Protection Program enforces the whistleblower provisions of more than 20 whistleblower statutes protecting employees from retaliation for reporting violatio...
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When to Become a Whistle Blower
If there is something which is against humanity or morally wrong or having negative impact on large number of public then only one should think of becoming a whistle blower.
Otherwise it is impos...
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What if You and Your Boss Don't Get Along Well?
If you don't get along, dislike or even hate your superior, that is an awkward situation to be in. Sometimes this situation occurs when a new person is appointed as your supervisor.
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Cash-for-information Whistleblower Programs: Cure or Curse?

Usefulness of Whistleblower Programs, Whistleblower Protection Act, False Claims Act, Benefits of Whistleblower Programs
Examination of whistleblowers' and firms' behaviors under cash-for-information whistleblower programs using lawsuits fil...

8 Steps to Create Organizational Transparency as a Leader

Organizational Transparency, Corporate Transparency, Open Door, Candor, Whistleblower
This presentation outlines 6 steps to become efficiently transparent as a leader. The presentation includes the followin...

Exceptional Speech by then 13 year-old Severn Suzuki at the UN, 2008 on Environmental and Social Responsibility

Environmental Responsibility, Social Responsibility
At the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development 2008, a 13 years old child, speaking for ECO, the Enviro...

US Whistleblower Awareness Poster

Business Ethics, Whistleblowing
The Whistleblower Protection Act was made into federal law in the United States in 1989. Whistleblower protection laws ...

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