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Mar 2, 2022 · Abstract. Public administration scholars have provided a variety of theoretical insights to understand bureaucratic whistleblowing, and have emphasized its ethical, legal, and practical rationales in the context of democratic bureaucracy. To enhance our understanding of this principled dissent behavior in the public sector, this study ...
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American states have statutes with whistleblowing protection provisions for employees. These laws may focus on the duty to divulge misconduct, procedures for reporting disclosures, and protection from retaliation. The research question is, “What is the scope, content, and perceived effectiveness of these provisions?” The premise is that they have v...
whistleblower protection, state laws, ethics codes
Whistleblowing codes and laws can be found on websites such as findlaw.com, law.justia.com, workplacefairness.com as well as from state government websites and information from the National Conference of State Legislatures. The dis-cussion that follows includes code coverage and violations, disclosure recipients, retaliation, confidentiality, inves...
Respondents confirmed that the best source of whistleblower protections for public employees is the state whistleblowing law. A few also mentioned such provisions can be found in the state code of ethics or code of conduct, but the statute was deemed the most reliable source. There were slight differences among participants when asked to define “ef...
Follow-up interviews with eight officials from whistleblow-ing units in selected states (as well as review of state inspec-tor general websites) added more detail and insight to the survey findings. With regard to informing employees about whistleblowing protection policies, interviewees indicated the use of various strategies, including publishing...
To summarize, results from the documentary, survey, and interview/website analysis show that state whistleblowing protection statutes have similar anti-retaliation provisions; however, the states vary in many respects. There are differ-ences in the way state policies educate the workforce regarding: • whistleblower protection (e.g., e-mails and onl...
This article began by discussing the codification of ethics in government as a standard for assessing the conduct and role of civil servants in detecting wrongdoing. Together codes and laws, if properly designed and implemented, provide guidelines and protections for whistleblowers who identify and disclose immoral, unlawful, or unsafe behavior. Wh...
State Whistleblowing Protection Laws. effective code and legal provisions will help to ensure that more employees will speak out. This study has limitations, and suggests directions for additional investigation. Although laws and codes of the 50 states and D.C. were examined, as well as survey and inter-view data from high-level officials in 24 sta...
The authors declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
The authors received no financial support for the research, author-ship, and/or publication of this article.
Jun 9, 2024 · As a major explanatory variable, attitude toward whistleblowing is measured by three survey items: “I think whistleblowing can protect public interest,” “I think it is public employees' responsibility to report wrongdoing,” and “I think it is ethical to report wrongdoing,” in a 1–6 scale, whereas 1 is “strong disagree” and 6 is “strong agree.” attitude toward ...
Apr 21, 2022 · Public administration scholars have provided a variety of theoretical insights to understand bureaucratic whistleblowing, and have emphasized its ethical, legal, and practical rationales in the ...
Aug 15, 2023 · These factors, among others, determine the quality of public trust in a whistleblower protection system in the public sector.In closing, we propose that the IEWP, as a composite measure, effectively embraces a methodology consisting of two pillars of research, combining existing administrative data (or creating that data) from the public sector with survey data on perceptions of whistleblowing.
Mar 2, 2022 · Public administration scholars have provided a variety of theoretical insights to understand bureaucratic whistleblowing, and have emphasized its ethical, legal, and practical rationales in the context of democratic bureaucracy. To enhance our understanding of this principled dissent behavior in the public sector, this study systematically reviews 71 whistleblowing articles and dissertations ...
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Jul 7, 2019 · Although some literature suggests that people may become whistleblowers despite the potential costs and retaliation for doing so (e.g., Brown et al., 2008; Miceli & Near, 1985; Near & Miceli, 1987), we argue that the potential costs associated with whistleblowing, and the likelihood of protection from them, should contribute to the overall perceptions of vicarious intergroup power and, in turn ...
