Whistleblowing And Organizational Social Responsibility—A Global Assessment

Vandekerckhove (Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry, U. of Ghent) examines the implications of how and why whistleblower policies were created in various contexts and countries between 1970, when the term "whistleblower" was popularized by Ralph Nader's activism, and 2005, by which time dozens of countries had established or were developing whistleblower legislation. Using an explicitly described research and assessment methodology, the author investigates and compares what goes on when such policies are created, and whether the process itself sabotages ethical goals. He looks at implications for the whistleblower, the accused organization, and the recipient of the complaint and concludes with recommended strategies for reform. Chapter 3 was previously published in the Journal of Business Ethics. This book is part of a series on corporate social responsibility. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Wim Vandekerckhove is a post-doctoral researcher at the Center for Ethics and Value Inquiry (CEVI), Ghent University, Belgium. He researches and teaches in the fields of business ethics, organization ethics, social responsible investment, migration and trafficking, and recently in the field of global ethics. He published chapters in edited books on migration and NGOs and on organization and business ethics, as well as papers in the Journal of Business Ethics and other academic journals. He has edited three journal issues on corporate social responsibility.