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Whistleblowing
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Whistleblowing is generally defined as "…the disclosure of illegal, unethical or harmful practices in the workplace to parties who might take action" (Rothschild & Miethe 1994:254). In general, an activity is seen as whistleblowing if the disclosure of the information is considered to be in the public interest. This would entail information about criminal activity, a contravention of any statutory requirement, improper or unauthorised use of public and other funds, miscarriage of justice, abuse of power, maladministration, danger to the health or safety of any individual and any other misbehaviour or malpractice (Kloppers 1997: 240-241). The information can ... refer to personal harm reportedly done to the whistleblower. The whistleblower is usually a member or former member of the organisation about which information is disclosed (Dandekar 1991: 90).
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