Don’t kill the messenger! Whistle-blowing in America — A review with recommendations |
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Authors: | Robert J. Paul James B. Townsend |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Management, Kansas State University, 66506-0507 Manhattan, Kansas |
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Abstract: | Whistle-blowing in America business and industry has increased as interest in ethical business behavior and the cost of unethical behavior have grown. Whistle-blowing plays the important role of helping to fill the gaps in the regulatory system that is designed to check the abuse of organizational power. However, the practice of whistle-blowing is controversial and whistle-blowers often pay a high price for their actions. Firms can engage in a number of actions to encourage whistle-blowing. Creating a climate that encourages employees to report organizational wrong doing and that protects the whistle-blower is critical. To create such a climate the organization must build trust and cooperation by educating employees in the benefits of ethical and legal behavior. |
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Keywords: | whistle-blowing economics of whistle-blowing whistle-blowing and ethics protecting whistle-blowers |
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