UK, remember your settings and improve government services. We also use cookies set by other sites to help us deliver content from their services. You can change your cookie settings at any time. The wrongdoing you disclose must be in the public interest. This means it must affect others, for example the general public. You can raise your concern at any time about an incident that happened in the past, is happening now, or you believe will happen in the near future.
Personal grievances for example bullying, harassment, discrimination are not covered by whistleblowing law, unless your particular case is in the public interest. Whistleblower protection is essential to safeguard the public interest and to promote a culture of public accountability and integrity. This report analyses whistleblower protection frameworks in OECD countries, identifies areas for reform and proposes steps to strengthen whistleblower protection laws in both the public and private sectors.
Download the highlights. This report, originally published in the OECD study on The Detection of Foreign Bribery , looks at the key role that whistleblowers and whistleblower protection can play in the detection of foreign bribery when legal frameworks and appropriate channels are in place to report alleged instances to law enforcement authorities.
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Externally hosted content may include ads. These aren't endorsed by or reflect Transparency International's views. A whistleblower discloses information about corruption or other wrongdoing being committed in or by an organisation to individuals or entities believed to be able to effect action — the organisation itself, the relevant authorities, or the public. Whistleblowing is one of the most effective ways to detect and prevent corruption and other malpractice. However, many more cases of wrongdoing could have been prevented if more people had come forward to expose problems to their organisations, the authorities or the media.
Unfortunately, reporting often comes at a high price: whistleblowers risk their career, their livelihood and sometimes their personal safety to expose wrongdoing that threatens the public interest.
They may be fired, sued, blacklisted, arrested, threatened or, in extreme cases, assaulted or killed. And in some societies, whistleblowing carries connotations of betrayal rather than being seen as a benefit to the public. Ultimately, societies, institutions and citizens lose out when there is no one willing to cry foul in the face of corruption. Protecting whistleblowers from unfair treatment, including retaliation, discrimination or disadvantage, can embolden people to report wrongdoing and increase the likelihood that wrongdoing is uncovered and penalised.
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