This document defines whistleblowing as revealing alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in organizations. There are two types of whistleblowers: internal and external. Internal whistleblowers report misconduct within their company, while external whistleblowers report outside the company. Whistleblowing can benefit an organization by improving morality and safety, but can also negatively impact whistleblowers' careers and safety. The document then provides recommendations for organizations to encourage internal whistleblowing, such as creating a formal policy, ensuring top management support, publicizing commitments, thoroughly investigating reports, and assessing the whistleblowing system.

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2. OUTLINE

3. DEFINITION OF WHISTLEBLOWING
• Carrying out whistleblowing being a whistleblower
• Revealing alleged dishonest/ illegal activities occurring in
government departments/ organizations/ companies
• Depending on types of whistleblowers to provoke
retaliation
• Being categorized into 2 types: internal & external

4. TWO TYPES OF WHISTLEBLOWER
• Internal whistleblower: reporting misconduct on a
fellow employees or superiors within company
• External whistleblower: reporting misconduct on
outside people or entities (E.g: lawyers, the media, law
enforcement, state agencies, etc)

5. TWO TYPES OF WHISTLEBLOWERS
Similarities
• Being current or former employees of the
organization where the wrongdoing was observed
• Lacking the authority to change or stop the
wrongdoing that is under their employers’ control
• May or may not make the report
• May or may not hold position that requires
reporting of corporate wrongdoing

6. BENEFITS & DRAWBACKS OF
WHISTLEBLOWING
BENEFITS DRAWBACKS
• Improving moral responsibility
• Creating a positive, safe and
friendly working environment

7. BENEFITS DRAWBACKS
• Diminishing of whistle blowing
• Affecting career
• Being risks to personal safety
- E.g: Karen Silkwood - an employee of Kerr-McGee nuclear
power plant
• Damaging the company
- E.g: Enron, world’s leading electricity, natural gas,
communications, and pulps and papers company
BENEFITS & DRAWBACKS OF
WHISTLEBLOWING

8. OBJECTIVES OF AN INTERNAL
WHISTLEBLOWING PROGRAM
• To encourage employees to
bring unethical & illegal actions
when they are aware of
• To help organization solve their
problem more quickly &
minimize negative results that
affect company’s reputation
• To let employees know the
organization is serious about
adherence to codes of conduct

9. BARRIERS OF HAVING A HELPFUL
WHISTLEBLOWING PROGRAM
• A lack of trust in the internal system
• The unwillingness of employees to be whistleblowers
• Belief that management is not held to the same standard
• Fear of retaliation
• Fear of alienation from other people

10. 1. Creating a Policy about reporting
illegal or unethical practices
• Create a formal address in which
everyone can report illegal and unethical
• Ensure there are clear processes for
dealing with untruthful complaints
• Have clear communications about bans
on retaliation and provide protection
• Make a clear connection between an
organization's code of ethics and
performance measures
HOW TO ENCOURAGE
WHISTLEBLOWING

11. HOW TO ENCOURAGE
WHISTLEBLOWING
2. Getting endorsement from top
management
•Demonstrating a strong commitment to
encourage internal whistblowes
•Top management support internal
whistblowers rather than external ones

12. 3. Publicizing the Organization’s Commitment
•Top management should talk about the commiment to ethical
behavior to employees
•Publicly acknowleding & rewarding employees who point out
unethical issues
HOW TO ENCOURAGE
WHISTLEBLOWING

13. 4. Investigating & Following up
•Investigating & finding out evidences quickly & thoroughly
•Reporting the origins & the results of investigation to a higher
authority
HOW TO ENCOURAGE
WHISTLEBLOWING

14. 5. Assessing the Organization’s Internal Whistleblowing
System
•Making the commitment to the company ‘s ethics and values
•Making every employees to have similar mindset towards this
issue
HOW TO ENCOURAGE
WHISTLEBLOWING

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