BUSINESS LAW ll

INDIAN COMPANIES ACT

2013
WHISTLEBLOWING
WHISTLEBLOWING

Whistle blowing in its most general form

involves calling(public)attention to wrong
doing, typically in order to avert harm.

Whistle blowing is an attempt by a member

or former member of an organization to
disclose wrong doing in or by the
organization.
TYPES OF
WHISTLEBLOWING
1.Internal Whistle 2. External Whistle
Blowing :- Blowing :-
someone who
discovers some type of
When and individual
illegal misconduct in a
advocates beliefs or
workplace and decides
revelations outside the
to
organization.
communicate their
discovery to a
supervisor.
3. Personal Whistle 5. Government 6. Corporate
Blowing :- Whistle Blowing :- Whistle Blowing :-

When a person or It refers It refers

classof persons is todisclosure about todisclosure about
subjected to wrong or immoral misconduct on the
immoral behavior conduct on the part part of a company.
or exploitation, the of government
disclosure is called officials or
personal whistle department.
blowing.
 FEATURES

1.Individual Act :- 2.Moral Motive :- The 3. Reasonable Belief:-

Whistle Blowing is Whistle The WhistlBlower
an act of an Blowing is done for a beliefs that the
individual i.e. a public good rather conduct for an
person or a group of than for some selfish activity reported is
person. motive. inappropriate.
4.Calling Attention : 5.Expectation Of 6. Voluntary Act :-
Whistle Blowing Positive Response :- Whistle Blowing is
means calling The Whistle voluntary and
attention of proper deliberate as there is
Blower expects the
authority to no legal obligation
organization or the
something which is to do.
external agency to
wrong.
respond positively.
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BENEFITS OF
WHISTLEBLOWING
1.Whistle blowing leads to good results.

2. Severe damage to the environment has been

stopped by the actions.

3. The actions of whistle blowers are potentially

beneficial to society.
A whistleblower is a
person, who could be an
employee of a company, or
a government agency,
disclosing information to
the public or some higher
authority about any
wrongdoing, which could
be in the form of fraud,
corruption, etc.
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