Whistleblowing Essay
AC 4001 – Interim Assignment – 2012/2013
Name: James Nicholas Anthony Cassin
Student No: 109444602
Word Count: 1988
I don’t agree with the statement provided that ‘whistleblowing’ is an enemy of business and creates suspicion and disharmony. This is simply the old traditional view of the idea of whistleblowing that there is a spy or snitch within the camp looking after his/her own interests. This old and traditional view is largely based on the case that employee’s within organisations had very little rights and they weren’t encouraged to be vocal about any misbehaviour or inappropriate dealings they would have witnessed within the organisation. The idea that whistleblowing is encouraging a widespread disunity within a firm is a purely ignorant view that the existing culture within the firm is appropriate and the people in the more important roles are somehow allowed to get off scott free for any misdemeanours they may have caused or have already been causing. It is fair to say that and according to the quote provided by James M. Roche that these kind of comments place employees under a blanket of fear and leads them to believe that within the firm they have no employee rights worthy that they can be heard.
This culture of fear can be seen in article written by Hayes solicitors on ‘The Downside for “whistleblowing” employees in the health sector’. The article details how five employees of the Avondale Nursing Home in County Kilkenny were found by the Employment Appeals Tribunal to have been constructively dismissed in 2009 by their employer after raising their concerns over the welfare of elderly patients at the Nursing Home. The article goes on to further detail how the “whistleblowing” employees have gone on to suffer financial loss as a result of losing their jobs and their willingness to try and address the practices that were existing within the nursing home at the time. The nursing home in question has since closed when it was taken over by the HSE because
Name: James Nicholas Anthony Cassin
Student No: 109444602
Word Count: 1988
I don’t agree with the statement provided that ‘whistleblowing’ is an enemy of business and creates suspicion and disharmony. This is simply the old traditional view of the idea of whistleblowing that there is a spy or snitch within the camp looking after his/her own interests. This old and traditional view is largely based on the case that employee’s within organisations had very little rights and they weren’t encouraged to be vocal about any misbehaviour or inappropriate dealings they would have witnessed within the organisation. The idea that whistleblowing is encouraging a widespread disunity within a firm is a purely ignorant view that the existing culture within the firm is appropriate and the people in the more important roles are somehow allowed to get off scott free for any misdemeanours they may have caused or have already been causing. It is fair to say that and according to the quote provided by James M. Roche that these kind of comments place employees under a blanket of fear and leads them to believe that within the firm they have no employee rights worthy that they can be heard.
This culture of fear can be seen in article written by Hayes solicitors on ‘The Downside for “whistleblowing” employees in the health sector’. The article details how five employees of the Avondale Nursing Home in County Kilkenny were found by the Employment Appeals Tribunal to have been constructively dismissed in 2009 by their employer after raising their concerns over the welfare of elderly patients at the Nursing Home. The article goes on to further detail how the “whistleblowing” employees have gone on to suffer financial loss as a result of losing their jobs and their willingness to try and address the practices that were existing within the nursing home at the time. The nursing home in question has since closed when it was taken over by the HSE because