Phi104 Assignment submitted to

Jasim Uddin
Name: Nazifa Tasnia Raisa
Section: 12
ID: 1813471630
Subject: Critical exposition of whistle blowing

A whistleblower is a person, typically an employee, who discloses unlawful, illegal, unsafe, or worthless
information or conduct within a private, public, or government institution. Fraud, or the
misappropriation of public monies. Whistleblowers have the option of disclosing information or
allegations either internally or outside. Protection for whistleblowers is an essential anti-corruption
weapon. Countries, including EU member states, have dealt with the system differently, if at all. Public
employees who reveal evidence that leads to corruption investigations and indictments should be
protected. Such systems are most effective when their legal basis is well-defined and consistent. The
success of the implemented public sector anti-corruption fight depends on whistleblower protection,
especially in countries where public sector corruption is as systemic and endemic as it is in the eastern.

Whistleblowing is a practice of drawing the attention of organizational authority or management to any

wrongdoing, misconduct, illegal or unethical activity or conduct, corruption, violation of organization
code or regulation, unethical discriminatory practice within the organization, and so on, in any business
organization or organizational setting. Whistleblowing is mainly used to generate organizational
awareness concerning any implicit or explicit wrongdoing or unethical behavior or practices occurring
internally within the organization that is signaled or informed by the concerned whistleblower/s. Now,
from an ethical perspective, the practice of whistleblowing has raised much critical concerns and
evaluation as oftentimes it might lead to the general welfare of the organization as a whole but at the
expense of individual employee welfare or well-being. However, whistleblowing can have a positive
impact on the welfare, commercial and business reputation, and economic progress and growth of any
business organization as it can primarily enable any company or organization to identify its operational
loopholes and limitations and undertake appropriate policies or measures to resolve them accordingly.
For example, any unauthorized behavior or conduct by any employee within an organization might
potentially affect its operational efficiency and transparency thereby hindering its economic or
commercial growth and tarnishing its market reputation and goodwill and hence, it is imperative that
the organizational administration or management undertake strict and resolute measures to prevent
such undesirable internal malpractices or unauthorized activities. Furthermore, whistleblowing can be
considered as one of the ways or mediums for employees to speak up and convey their respective
opinions, observations, inconveniences, issues, etc. to the higher-level organizational management or
administration. This is absolutely imperative to ensure employee welfare and progress which can
contribute to higher employee productivity and work performance as excessive malpractices and
wrongdoings within any organizational setting can practically hinder employee efficiency and satisfaction
thereby defiling the entire operational setup. Moreover, whistleblowing can also facilitate the
betterment and improvement of the organization or company management or administration by
improving situation handling risk assessment and management procedures. Therefore, whistleblowing
can enable high-level management or any company or organization to increase preparedness about any
undesirable situation or circumstance within the organization and better handle the concerned crisis or
issue at hand. From the standpoint of the employees, the ethical dilemma involved in the practice of
whistleblowing essentially implies that responsibility and accountability are two crucial ethical
characteristics or traits that any employee should possess and it is an ethical responsibility of any
organizational employee to publicly report any internal wrongdoing or misconduct within any
organization if he or she personally feels that not reporting the concerned action might be potentially
more harmful than reporting from a general or overall perspective. For example, unauthorized leakage
of crucial business and financial information of any company to its competitors in any industry can
provide certain short-term financial or economic gain for the person conducting such practice. But from
an overall point of view, it could potentially harm the economic performance and commercial growth of
the organization which could engender the job or employment of all or many of the employees in the
organization and hence, it is ethically justifiable to report such internal malpractice or misconduct in
order to prevent any large-scale potential damage or harm to the economic livelihood of the other
employees. However, if the concerned whistleblower's action is primarily intended to achieve any direct
financial gain or other material benefits such as any commission, promotion of his or her employee
designation, additional financial and/or non-financial benefits from the organizational management or
administration, then the ethical purpose or implication of whistleblowing can be diminished. Therefore,
while employee accountability and responsibility can be veritably considered as ethical virtues
associated with the practice of whistleblowing, any self-interest involved behind such conduct might
highlight the importance and relevance of personal intentions and interests while analyzing the ethical
implications of whistleblowing in general.

However, in this controversial subject I am in favor of the whistleblowers who let the world know about
bad practices and unlawful activities as unethical or illegal activities should never be promoted to assure
the betterment of society and nation. Disclosing information of an organization is not right but if the
organization is doing wrong for their own benefit then as a citizen of this country, I believe this is my
duty to let people know about the fraud, forgery and corruption. The main argument in favor of
informant protection was that protection would promote transparency in the public and private sector,
thereby discouraging corruption. International efforts to promote such a system have been strongly
pursued by some governments, intergovernmental organizations and NGOs alike. International and
national legal regulations have been created to serve as a guide or model creating an effective
whistleblower protection system. Legal models and good practices exist around the world, including in
the European Union member however, the absence of political will and public pressure is preventing this
most of the EU members have taken steps in the right direction. Their attitude so far shows the inaction
of the European Commission. It remains reluctant to make au European whistleblower program that
would reform EU law and thereby force the EU members to comply with international standards and
requirements. International pressure will eventually lead to the legal creation of the European Union
Framework for protection of whistleblowers.