Whistle-Blowing in Organizations [Hardcover]

This is a research-based book on whistle-blowing in organizations. The three noted authors describe studies on this important topic and the implications of the research and theory for organizational behavior, managerial practice, and public policy. In the past few years there have been critical developments, including corporate scandals, which have called public attention to whistle-blowing and have led to the first comprehensive federal legislation to protect private sector whistle-blowers (the Sarbanes-Oxley Act). This book is the first to integrate these new developments in an analytic and empirically grounded approach to whistle-blowing in organizations.

This book is a research based book on whistle-blowing in organizations. The three noted authors describe studies on this important topic and the implications of the research and theory for organizational behavior, managerial practice, and public policy.

Human life in increasingly lived in organizations and the project of enforcing proper conduct by these organizations falls significantly on employees. The study of whistle-blowing, while in its infancy, has the potential to make significant contributions to the quality and fate of the latest chapter in the human project. Whistle-Blowing in Organizations provides an important benchmark for students of this area by providing a synthesis of the very latest research on the varieties, foundations, consequences and effectiveness of whistle-blowing. The potential contributions of this field for understanding and improving human life are immense. And Whistle-Blowing in Organizations sets us solidly on a path toward realizing those goals. -Randy Hodson, Ohio State University, Editor, American Sociological Review

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