Effects Of Whistleblowing

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When people saw a thief in the shopping mall to steal products from the shelves, based on morality, those people who saw would report to the shop manager. However if the situation happened in organizations, the reaction may not the same. On the first sight on the situation, it seems employees should blow the whistle to top managers or public for what they seen they thought there was wrong doing. However, for the second thought, if the organization caught by wrongdoing, it may wine up and let workers lose their jobs. Furthermore, if the manager is expert in manage the company and is a major character in company development, once the company lose this employee, it will be a great loss to company.
According to the above consideration, it is hard to tell when the best time is for employee to blow whistle. Therefore this essay is focus on when the proper time to be a whistleblower is and whether blow the whistle is the ethical behaviour.

Definition of whistle blowing

Without looking for when is the best moment to be a whistle blower, it is possible to get a deeper insight on the views on whistle blowing. According to Shaw et al, (2013), whistle blowing is an action of a worker to reveal the wrongdoing procedure to top manager (internal) or media (external). Generally, internal whistle blowing causes fewer scenes to damage company. It is because the issue will only known by the employees in the organization. On the other hand, external whistle blowing will cause company with a huge mess. It is because the issue will public to the world which means everyone beside employees in the organization will know the negative side of company.

Discussion on when to be a whistle blower

In ideal condition without concern any negative outcomes, ...

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...s who do not measure issue in a high moral value, they may not be a whistle blowers. Therefore, when doing as a whistle blower, the morality already into their mind.

Conclusion
Overall, if the damage will cause a huge mass to the public environment, it is morally to whistle blowing. Furthermore, employees should consider blow the whistle is part of their duty. It is because if they want to work in a fair workplace. They should be the participants to move the company operating in the right track.
Moreover, the company should understand the purpose on blow the whistle is not a betrayal act. Additional, they should know the reason on whistle blowers report to external instead of internal is lack of trust on company policy. Therefore, if company wants to encourage the internal whistle blowing, it should improve their code of ethics and organizational environment.

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