Whistleblowing involves drawing public attention to wrongdoing to prevent harm. It refers to reporting misconduct within an organization. There are different types of whistleblowing, including internal and external. The purpose is typically to alert the public, protect democratic values, and stop misuse of power. Effective whistleblowing policies provide protection and procedures for reporting issues anonymously. While whistleblowing can benefit public safety, it often negatively impacts the whistleblower's career and relationships. Laws in some places aim to protect whistleblowers from retaliation.

2. PresentedBy:-
ASHIF ALI MOLLICK
DHANANJAY KR.SINGH
TIRNA DATTA
ZEESHAN ISLAM

3. What is whistle blowing????
Whistle blowing in its most general form involves
calling(public)attention to wrong doing, typically in order to avert
harm. Whistle blowing is an attempt by a member or former
member of an organization to disclose wrong doing in or by the
organization.
Definition of whistleblower:-
A whistleblower is an employee, former employee, or member
of an organization, especially a business or government agency,
who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the
power and presumed willingness to take corrective action.

4. Types of whistle blowing:-
Internal
Personal
Impersonal Internal
• Whistle blowing is made to someone within the
organization.
Personal
• Whistle blowing is blowing the whistle on the
offender, here the charge is not against the
organization or system but against one individual
Impersonal
• the external whistle blower.

5. Other types of Whistle-blowing
• Current
• Alumni
• Open
• Anonymous
• Personal
• Impersonal

6. Purpose of whistle blowing:-
 To alert the public
 To protect the constitution
 To stop misuse of power
 To protect the environment
 To defend democracy

7. Components of an effective whistle-blowing policy
A clearly laid Whistle Blower Policy.
Effectively communicated statement of responsibility
A clearly-defined procedure for reporting.
Trained personnel to receive and investigate reports.
A commitment to take appropriate action.
An effective Safeguard of the Whistle
Blower
Specifying steps toward Abused protection by
false whistle blowing

8. Procedural Aspects of Whistle Blowing
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Providing confidence to person to blow the
whistle
Mechanism to aid anonymous
reporting - email, telephone numbers.
Independent Ombudsman or Chairman of
Audit Committee for handling such information
Whistle Blower need not inform the supervisors
Ensuring confidentiality and security of the Whistle Blower
Specifying specific flow of work to Audit
teams –internal and external
Review and affirmation of process by
Board/Audit Committee

10. Stages of a Whistle Blowing Incident
Stage One – Is There a Potential Whistle Blowing Scenario ?
Stage Two – Seriousness Test.
Stage Three – Reality Check.
Stage Four – Becoming Aware of the Big Picture.
Stage Five – Forcing Management Recognition of the Problem.
Stage Six – Taking the Problem to Upper Management.
Stage Seven – Going Outside the Organization.
Stage Eight – Living with The Results.

11. Stage One – Is There a Potential Whistle
Blowing Scenario ?
A potential whistle blowing incident begins with conditions :
• 1.Action that you believe is ethically wrong.
• 2.You know relevant information which is not
generally known and became public knowledge
the course of action would be changed.

12. Stage Two – Seriousness Test
• Ask yourself is if the issue is serious enough to merit your
concern
• Most concerns that pass through stage one are likely to fail
the seriousness test

13. Stage Three – Reality Check
• Discuss the issue with colleagues or someone
whose opinion you trust. If they have a different
view try to understand why.

14. Stage Four – Becoming Aware of the Big Picture
• You need to get beyond your individual
prospective and see the problem in a broader
setting. You need to acquire more information

15. Stage Five – Forcing Management Recognition
of the Problem
• Try and get the problem solved from within
organization with as little hard feelings as
possible.

16. Stage Six – Taking the Problem to Upper
Management
• You select someone who:
1. Has interest and responsibility in the area.
2. Is likely to be sympathetic.
3. Has the clout to get something done.

17. Stage Seven – Going Outside the Organization
• Contrary to popular belief newspapers are not a
great place to go. Reporters like to sell stories
• Regulatory agencies and legal authorities are
a better choice

18. Stage Eight – Living with the Results
• A whistle blower essentially never continues
a happy career in the same organization.

19. Characteristics of a whistleblower:-
 Altruistically Motivated
 Utilitarian
 Uninterested in Altering Their Behavior
 Allows Own Attitudes and Beliefs to Guide Them
 Often are Well Educated and Holds Professional
Positions

20. WHEN TO BLOW THE WHISTLE?
KNOWLEDGE OF INAPPROPRIATENESS
1.making proprietary software available to
public
2.back door/booby trap in codes
3.embezzlement or redirection of funds
BAD CLAIMS
1.unrealistic data projection
2.advertising hype
KNOWLEDGE OF IMPENDING DOOM

21. HOW TO BLOW THE WHISTLE?
 DO IT ANONYMOUSLY
let the evidence speak for itself and protect
yourself if possible.
DO IT IN A GROUP
charges will have more weight and wont seem
like a personal vendetta.
PRESENT JUST THE EVIDENCE
leave interpretation of facts to others.

24. Is whistle blowing justified????
 Is the whistle-blower acting in the public interest?
 Is the whistle-blower acting in good faith?
 Has the whistle-blower exhausted internal channels?
 Does the whistle-blowing prejudice the ability of the whistle-
blower to do their job?
 Undermine the ability of the office to perform its functions?
 Were the actions of the whistle-blower proportionate to the public
interest at stake?
 Release only of necessary information
 Release of information in appropriate public forum?
Public
Interest
Life
Health
Safety
Safety
Env.
Govt.

27. Effects of whistleblower:-
Forced to leave
organization/demotion
Credibility ruined
Family, health,
and/or life in
jeopardy
Outrage and
divisiveness of
people directly or
indirectly involved
Physical or
psychological
isolation.
Organization
experiences
loss of money,
restitution,
productivity,
and positive
reputations.Incarceration.

28. Protection laws:- 1989
1994
Whistle blower protection law 1989
The Whistleblower Act 1994

29. Acts passed in US
• Lloyd-La Follett Act (1912)
• Water Pollution Control Act (1972)
• Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)
• Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (also called the Solid Waste Disposal Act)
(1976)
• Toxic Substances Control Act (1976)
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA, or
the Superfund Law) (1980)
• Clean Air Act (1990)
• Sarbanes-Oxley Act (2002) (for corporate fraud whistle-blowers)

30. Risk Involved
May contribute to an
environment of mistrust
and uncertainty
Administrative time
and cost may increase
May bind employers to
treat small misconduct
issues more extensively
than is warranted

31. Advantages
• Exposing Unethical Behaviour.
• Legal Protection
• Public Safety
• Moral Responsibility

32. Disadvantages
• Diminished Career Prospects.
• Personal Complications.
• Retaliation
Firing
Blacklisting
 Intimidation
 Threats
• Conflicts of Interest

34. Whistle Blower…
The Actual Reward!!
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35. AMIT JETHWA
PROFESSION : Environmentalist and social worker.
ACTIVE IN : Gir Forest Area in Gujarat.
WHISTLEBLOWING : Protested illegal mining in protected areas. Campaigned
against corruption in Indian Forest Service.
ASSASSINATION : On 20th July 2010 , he was shot dead by two motorcyclist .
CONSEQUENCES : In September 2012 , the case was taken up by CBI. In November 2013 ,
prime accused and a MP, Dinu Solanki was arrested .

36. SATYENDRA DOBEY
PROFESSION : Indian Engineering Service (IES) Officer
Project Director at National Highways Authority of India at Koderma.
 WHISTLEBLOWING :
 Exposed corruption in the Golden Quadrilateral Highway Project.
 Wrote a letter to the PM and the chairman of NHAI exposing the corruption .
 Was transferred to Gaya.
ASSASSINATION : On 27th November 2003 , he was shot dead at Gaya .
CONSEQUENCES : On 22nd March 2010 , the three accused were convicted .

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History Repeated in the Manjunath
Shanmugham Incident (2005)
Manjunath Shanmugham, an IIM
graduate and a sales manager of
the IOC, was murdered on Nov 19,
2005 for exposing the racket of
adulteration of petrol and the
mafia behind it.
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40. Snowden's leaked documents uncovered the existence of
numerous global surveillance programs, many of them run by the NSA
and the Five Eyes with the cooperation of telecommunication companies
and European governments. In 2013, the existence of the Boundless
Informant was revealed, along with the PRISM electronic data mining
program, the X Keyscore analytical tool, the Tempura interception
project, the MUSCULAR access point and the massive FASCIA database,
which contains trillions of device-location records. In 2014,
Britain's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group was revealed,
along with the Dish fire database, Squeaky Dolphin's real-time
monitoring of social media networks, and the bulk collection of private
webcam images via the Optic Nerve program. In May 2014, The
Intercept reported that the NSA was working in partnership with the
U.S. DEA, and was recording the content of all cell phone calls made in
the Bahamas.
NOW IS HE A HERO OR A TRAITOR ?

41. He Blew the Whistle
Now the Nation called him the TRAITOR
But still the WORLD called him a HERO

42. Corporate Whistle Blower Policy
• Clear definition of individuals covered by the policy.
• Nonrealization provisions.
• Confidentiality.
• Process.
• Communication.

43. CONCLUSION
• 1 . A whistle blowing incident is probably the most
emotionally difficult thing you can experience as a
professional.
2 . Not every incident that should result in whistle blowing
does, sometimes the whistle is “swallowed” rather than
blown.

44. • 3.In some cases, there are federal and state laws meant
to provide protection for the whistle blowers.
4.If you find yourself in a possible whistle-blowing
incident, you should exhaust all internal alternatives for
addressing the problem and accumulate all
documentation possible. If blowing the whistle becomes
the only alternative, then you should anticipate a job
change and you should get good legal representation

45. “Our lives begin to end the day we became
silent about things that matter.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Whistle blowing