Whistleblowing : : Toward a New Theory / / Kate Kenny.

Society needs whistleblowers, yet to speak up and expose wrongdoing often results in professional and personal ruin. Drawing on the stories of men and women who reported unethical and illegal conduct in corporations, Kate Kenny explains why this is so, and what must be done to protect those who have...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2019]
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Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (296 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
Introduction --
1. Speaking Out: What We Know --
2. Whistleblowing: The Subject and Power --
3. Global Finance: Norms of Complicity --
4. The Whistleblower as Professional: Subjection to Norms --
5. Whistleblower Retaliation: Impossible Speech and Violence --
6. Speaking Out in Public: Toward Possible Speech --
7. Media, Recruitment, and Friends: Excluding the Public Whistleblower --
8. Turning Inward: Excluding the Self --
9. Coping with Retaliation: Affective Recognition --
10. Small Victories and Making Fun: Performing the Whistleblower --
Conclusion --
Appendix: Project Method --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Acknowledgments --
Index
Summary:Society needs whistleblowers, yet to speak up and expose wrongdoing often results in professional and personal ruin. Drawing on the stories of men and women who reported unethical and illegal conduct in corporations, Kate Kenny explains why this is so, and what must be done to protect those who have the courage to expose the truth.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9780674239715
9783110652031
DOI:10.4159/9780674239715
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Kate Kenny.