In Poland, reporting of irregularities by employees has been largely ignored. This topic is not part the professional-ethical or normative discourse. External disclosure involves irregularity to an external entity that can react take follow-up action. The issue a highly controversial problem labor law in which limited primary obligation employee specified Labor Code Art. 100 § 2 points 4. Under...

Although medical centres have established boards, special committees, and offices for the review and redress of breaches in ethical behaviour, these mechanisms repeatedly prove themselves ineffective in addressing research misconduct within the institutions of academic medicine. As the authors see it, institutional design: (1) systematically ignores serious ethical problems, (2) makes whistlebl...

Antitrust authorities have set up leniency programs for cartel members that denounce their collusive agreements. These programs help prosecute participants and can thereby deter collusion. We compare the impact of reduced fines and positive rewards and argue that rewarding individuals, including firm employees, can deter collusion in a more effective way. We discuss possible adverse effects of ...

Accounting students' courageous behavior in exposing fraud or violation is critical for their future careers as accountants and other professions. This paper attempts to explain the variables that influence whistleblowing intentions through Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) lens. study used a survey gather data from 154 accounting students. The effect attitude variables, subjective norms, behavi...

Amaç: Bu araştırmanın amacı, A ve B kişilik tiplerine göre potansiyel muhasebe meslek mensubu adaylarının ihbarcılık niyet nedenlerinin incelenmesidir. Tasarım/Yöntem: Araştırmada tesadüfi olamayan yöntemlerden kolayda örneklem yöntemiyle belirlenen 450 katılımcı ile yüz yüze anket yapılmıştır. Elde edilen veriler SPPS programında analiz edilmiştir. Bulgular: Analizler sonucunda; katılımcıların...

OBJECTIVE To examine students' attitudes and potential behaviour with regard to whistle blowing as they progress through a modern undergraduate medical curriculum. DESIGN Cohort design. SETTING University of Glasgow Medical School. SUBJECTS A cohort of students entering Glasgow University's new learner-centred, integrated medical curriculum in October 1996. METHODS Students' pre- and po...

The protracted and costly investigations into Camden and Campbelltown hospitals (New South Wales), The Canberra Hospital (Australian Capital Territory), and King Edward Memorial Hospital (Western Australia) recently uncovered significant problems with quality and safety at these institutions. Each investigation arose after whistleblowers alerted politicians directly, having failed to resolve th...

In April, NHS England published a national whistleblowing policy. “Don’t wait for proof,” it said. “It doesn’t matter if you turn out to be mistaken as long as you are genuinely troubled . . . You will not be at risk of losing your job or suffering any form of reprisal as a result.” In 2014 a junior doctor, Chris Day, was covering intensive care when two locum doctors booked to work didn’t turn...