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Are whistleblowing frameworks at the root of employee silence on legal, ethical or financial misconduct? A free tool for integrity professionals seeks to improve channels for encouraging employees to speak up.
An independent inquiry would go beyond operational misconduct to examine police culture and assess compliance with New Zealand’s international obligations.
Whistleblowers’ stories show how accountability is shifting from formal legal institutions to solidarity networks built outside the state.
By fulfilling their public duty, South African whistleblowers have put themselves at serious personal risk.
Police brutality thrives in environments where wrongdoing goes unpunished.
A decade of studying whistleblowers reveals the indispensable role played by supporters.
The president has been acting with extraordinary speed – but whistleblower groups are now catching up.
New laws in Canada will make it harder for whistleblowers to shed light on cruelty and malpractice in animal agriculture — and will hinder efforts to prevent the next global pandemic.
The way the billionaire ran his business provided the perfect cover for his crimes.
Julian Assange has reached a deal with the United States Justice Department to allow him to return to Australia after pleading guilty to violating American espionage law.
Whistleblowers play a crucial role in upholding accountability and integrity within our society. We do not, however, make it easy for them.
A whistleblower authority is needed who will finally ensure these protections work fully, in practice, to best serve the public interest.
Sparked by the PwC scandal, the measures will expand tax promoter penalty laws to make it easier for the Australian Taxation Office to apply them to advisers and firms who promote tax avoidance.
A former national security staffer, now a scholar of secrecy law, says criticisms of Trump’s federal indictment for hoarding classified documents are unfounded.
Spy cases are rare. More typically, as in the Trump indictment, the act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of certain sensitive government information.
A former intelligence official claims the US government has retrieved multiple craft of non-human origin, along with the occupants’ bodies.
The Vietnam War whistleblower, who died on June 16, 2023, wrestled with his decision to leak thousands of pages of government documents.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
Compliance officers, professionals that handle whistleblowing reports, often find themselves caught between two parties with divergent interests — whistleblowers and company management.
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Professor of Business and Society, University of Galway
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Professor in Accounting (forensic accounting), Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM)
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Professor in Media and Communication, Goldsmiths, University of London
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Reader in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
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Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Associate Lecturer, ANU College of Law – Migration Law Program, Australian National University
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Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Dayton
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Professor of Business Ethics, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Professeur en éthique des affaires, EDHEC Business School