A U.S. Perspective on a bill in the Dutch Parliament that would create a "House for Whistleblowers" (Huis voor klokkenluiders)

1. The House for Whistleblowers:
A U.S. Perspective
Kathleen Clark
Washington University in St. Louis
University of Amsterdam
June 28, 2013

3. Whistleblowing
disclosure
of
alleged
wrongdoing or danger
to stop or otherwise address
it

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. Facilitate disclosure
5. Provide financial incentives

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

11. Lessons
from the
U.S.
experience

12. comprehensive
rather than
piecemeal

13. U.K.’s
Public Interest Disclosure Act
(PIDA)

14. Is the
House for Whistleblowers
bill
comprehensive?

15. public & private
sectors

16. Art. 4, ¶ 2
Geen melding kan worden gedaan
door rechterlijke
ambtenaren, bedoeld in artikel
1, onderdeel b, onder 1° tot en met
4°, van de Wet op de rechterlijke
organisatie.

17. Art. 4, ¶ 2
No mention can be done by judicial
officers referred to in Article
1, subsection b, below 1 ° to 4 °, of
the Law on the Judiciary.

18. employers
of
50+ employees

19. definition
of
“employee”

20. Suspected Wrongdoing

21. need
to protect
insiders who assist
whistleblower

22. if
the disclosure
is prohibited
by
other law?

23. “good faith”

24. anonymous
or
confidential
whistleblowing

25. conflict
of
roles

26. Whistleblower Protection
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Facilitate disclosure
5. Provide financial incentives

27. an
ineffective
whistleblower protection law
is worse than
no whistleblower protection law
at all

28. Will the
House for Whistleblowers
offer
effective
protection?

29. Compensation for Retaliation
Largely Ineffective
Financial Incentives
Effective

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

31. leadership

32. U.S.
Office
of
Special Counsel

33. Hanford Concerns Council

34. Whistleblowing Law
1. Require disclosure
2. Prohibit retaliation
3. Compensate for retaliation
4. Facilitate disclosure
5. Provide financial incentives

35. The House for Whistleblowers:
A U.S. Perspective
Kathleen Clark
kathleen_clark@mac.com
University of Amsterdam
June 28, 2013