Whistle-Blowing Methods for Navigating Within and Helping Reform Regulatory Institutions
There are at least four important, institutional obstacles to whistle-blowing to regulatory institutions. First, regulatory institutions are often systematically understaffed and do not have the resources needed to adequately process whistle-blowing cases. Second, regulators who process whistle-blow...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2013, Volume: 112, Issue: 3, Pages: 385-395 |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Whistle-blowing B Institutions |
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| Summary: | There are at least four important, institutional obstacles to whistle-blowing to regulatory institutions. First, regulatory institutions are often systematically understaffed and do not have the resources needed to adequately process whistle-blowing cases. Second, regulators who process whistle-blowing cases are often systematically inexperienced and do not understand the strategic importance of whistle-blowing cases. Third, regulators are often under systemic pressure from the politicians who appoint them to ignore whistle-blowing cases relevant to their sources of financial and/or ideological political support. Fourth, there are high systemic risks to whistle-blowers who blow the whistle to regulatory institutions. Nonetheless, understanding how the institutions and obstacles operate can help us understand what types of whistle-blowing methods can be used to navigate around the obstacles and within the regulatory institutions. In addition, sometimes whistle-blowing methods can help reform regulatory institutions. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Reference: | Errata "Erratum to: Whistle-Blowing Methods for Navigating Within and Helping Reform Regulatory Institutions (2013)"
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| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1247-0 |