Whistle-blowing policy

Whistle-Blowing

2006

With the recent developments in the United States and Canada , many companies have developed whistle-blowing policies , and legislation has been passed to protect individuals from any serious repercussions Despite the efforts made by companies , whistle-blowing still has doubts among the general working population . A study on Canadian public servants found that although 80 percent of employees stated that they would report unethical behavior , they had doubts that their coworkers would do the same (Bronskill , 2006

When considering the potential mistrust among coworkers in the mater of whistle-blowing

, it is easy to understand why the investigator would question Art Holmes ' motives in his actions against his employer

Part of a whistle-blowing policy is that an employee has the obligation and responsibility to report unethical actions when they become aware of them . Had Holmes been aware of the situation , and waited one year to address it to issue , then there are general concerns as to his motives on the issue . It may be possible the he was unaware of the supervisor 's scheme until a later date which he made available to the organization however those details are unavailable

Despite the motives of his actions , the concern arises on whether they protected his job that was scheduled to be terminated . This purpose of any whistle-blowing policy is to protect a person 's job and reputation from any repercussions due to their involvement in uprooting a corporate scandal . It is in no means meant to give any employee a free pass to corporate restructuring , bad work ethics , or positive reinforcement such as promotion . For this reason , it is important for the company to show non-partisan actions towards Holmes ' job and that his actions motivated by self-interest do not go rewarded

Bibliography

Bronskill , Jim (2006 , November 29 . Workers Lack Faith in Whistle-blowing . The Toronto Star . Retrieved December 15 , 2006 HYPERLINK "http /www .thestar .com /NASApp /cs /ContentServer ?pagename thestar /Layout Article_PrintFriendly c Article cid 02 http /www .thestar .com /NASApp /cs /ContentServer ?pagename thestar /Layout /A rticle_PrintFriendly c Article cid 02

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