Corporate virtue: Treatment of whistle blowers and the punishment of violators

Daniel Arce

European Journal of Political Economy, 2010, vol. 26, issue 3, 363-371

Abstract: An evolutionary game-theoretic model is employed to address three essential aspects of whistle blowing: ethical decision making, the duality of mutual accountability among cohorts in large organizations, and role conflict between individual and organizational values. I derive an equilibrium condition relating the treatment of whistle blowers to the punishment of violators. The model facilitates an evaluation of the whistle blowing provisions in the Sarbanes-Oxley (2002) Act.

Keywords: Whistle; blowing; Inspection; game; Business; ethics; Sarbanes-Oxley (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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