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Promoting internal whistleblowing in organizations

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  • Eve-Angeline Lambert

    (BETA (CNRS) and University of Lorraine, France)

  • Yannick Gabuthy

    (BETA (CNRS) and University of Lorraine, France)

Abstract

Internal whistleblowing refers to the decision of an employee observing a misconduct in a firm to report it through an internal channel, i.e. via a hotline or directly to an identified ombudsman. Whistleblowing is highly beneficial to firms in various ways. However, employees may be reluctant to blow the whistle, both for moral reasons and due to a fear of retaliation. Consequently, a firm aiming at encouraging whistleblowing in order to save judicial or reputation costs, fines, and to spare its reputation should consider a wide range of possible measures in addition to developing a global ethical culture.

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  • Eve-Angeline Lambert & Yannick Gabuthy, 2024. "Promoting internal whistleblowing in organizations," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 512-512, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:iza:izawol:journl:2024:n:512
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    Keywords

    wrongdoing; reporting; retaliation; whistleblowing incentives; ethical culture;
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    JEL classification:

    • J28 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Safety; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy
    • J53 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Labor-Management Relations; Industrial Jurisprudence
    • J71 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Discrimination - - - Hiring and Firing
    • J81 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor Standards - - - Working Conditions

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