Slides from presentation to Workshop on Ethics & Quality of Governance - American Society for Public Administration 2013 Annual Meeting

1. The Law of
Whistleblowing
Kathleen Clark
Washington University in St. Louis
American Society for Public Administration
New Orleans
March 14, 2013

2. The Law of
Whistleblowing
White Paper
for
Government Accountability Project
(GAP)

3. Whistleblowing
insider’s
disclosure
of
alleged
wrongdoing
to
prevent harm
or
hold wrongdoers accountable

4. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

5. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

6. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

7. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

8. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

9. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Require institutions to facilitate
5. Provide financial incentives

10. Compensation for Retaliation
Largely Ineffective
Financial Incentives
Effective

11. Financial Incentives
False Claims Act
Dodd Frank – SEC Whistleblower Program
IRS Whistleblower Program

12. Themes

13. Scope
- Public
- Private

14. Violations of:
- Specific:
- Statutes
- Regulations
- Contracts
- Criminal Law

15. Recipient
- internal
- external
- law enforcement
- NGO
- media

16. Recipient
- internal
- external
- law enforcement
- NGO
- media

17. Character
- Motivation
- Clean hands
- law enforcement
- NGO
- media

18. Identity
- Confidential
- Anonymous
- law enforcement
- NGO
- media

19. Control
- Whistleblower
- Agency
- law enforcement
- NGO
- media

20. Perspective
Accountability
Mechanism

21. The Law of
Whistleblowing
Kathleen Clark
kathleen_clark@mac.com
American Society for Public Administration
New Orleans
March 14, 2013