What Makes Effective Whistleblowing: Global Comparative Studies From The Public And Private Sector

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This book analyzes whistleblowing worldwide publicly known cases from Belguim, Brazil, Finland, Japan and The Philippines to ascertain factors that make for effective whistleblowing. The work concludes that external whistleblowing, extensive mass media coverage, and strong evidence are essential components of effective whistleblowing. Contents......Page 5 List of Tables......Page 7 Introduction......Page 8 Reference......Page 9 Chapter 1: Effective Whistleblowing Conceptual Framework......Page 10 1 Effective Whistleblowing......Page 12 2 Methodology......Page 15 References......Page 16 Chapter 2: Whistleblowing in Belgium......Page 20 1.1 Belgium, a Federal State......Page 21 1.2 Belgium and the Fight Against Corruption......Page 22 1.3 Whistleblowing Legislations......Page 25 1.4 The Studied Case......Page 26 2 Analysis......Page 29 2.2 Role of Mass Media......Page 30 2.4 Retaliation......Page 31 2.5 Legal Protection......Page 32 2.6 Impact and Resulting Reforms......Page 33 3 Conclusion......Page 36 References......Page 37 Chapter 3: Whistleblowing in Brazil......Page 39 2 Description of the Case......Page 40 Legal Context......Page 41 2.2 The Whistle Is Blown......Page 42 2.3 Investigations......Page 44 2.4 Consequences of the Whistleblowing......Page 47 3.1 Documentation of Evidence......Page 48 3.3 Role of Mass Media......Page 49 3.5 Impact and Resulting Reforms......Page 50 4.1 Summary......Page 52 5 Conclusion......Page 53 References......Page 54 Chapter 4: Whistleblowing in Finland......Page 57 1 Introduction......Page 58 2 Description of the Case......Page 61 2.1 Socio-Political Context of the Case......Page 62 2.2 The Whistle Is Blown......Page 63 2.3 Consequences......Page 66 3.1 Type of Whistleblowing and Role of the Media......Page 67 3.2 Documentation of Evidence......Page 68 3.3 Retaliation......Page 69 3.4 Legal Protection......Page 70 3.5 Impact and Resulting Reforms......Page 72 5 Conclusions and/or Recommendations for Further Development of Whistleblowing Protection in the Country of Study......Page 74 References......Page 76 Chapter 5: Whistleblowing in Japan: The Case of Masaharu Hamada......Page 78 2.1 Background......Page 79 2.2 Internal Whistleblowing......Page 80 2.3 Retaliation......Page 82 2.4 Role of the Mass Media......Page 83 2.5 Legal Protection......Page 84 3 Case Analysis......Page 86 References......Page 91 Chapter 6: Whistleblowing in the Philippines......Page 94 2 Description of the Case......Page 95 The Whistle Is Blown......Page 96 Investigations......Page 97 Consequences......Page 99 3.2 Role of Media......Page 100 3.4 Retaliation......Page 101 3.6 Impact and Resulting Reforms......Page 102 4 Summary......Page 103 5 Conclusion......Page 105 References......Page 106 Chapter 7: Summary and Conclusions......Page 107 1.1 Summary of the Belgium Case......Page 108 1.3 Summary of the Finland Case......Page 109 1.5 Summary of the Philippines Case......Page 110 2 Conclusions......Page 111 2.1 Impact and Resulting Reforms......Page 114 Index......Page 119