Whistle Blowing
Origin of term
The term whistleblower comes from the phrase "blow the whistle," which refers to a whistle being blown by a policeman or a referee to indicate an activity that is illegal or a foul.
What is whistle blowing? * * Working in the corporate or government environment, employees are sometimes subject to see things they should not see. Such things that are unethical to society or to the corporation. An employee is then placed in a situation where the employee must decide what action should be taken. Do you report the unethical behavior to upper-management or do you just let it go to avoid risking the disciplinary action towards a co-worker, the company or at times risk losing your job. So whistle blowing is defined as: * * An employee’s disclosure to government, the press, or upper-management authorities that the employer is engaged in unsafe or illegal activities. * * The textbook, “Moral Issues in Business”, states whistle blowing as “an employee act of informing the public about the illegal or immoral behavior of an employer or organization.”
However many a time’s employees are reluctant to report their company or disclose information of behavior because of