Promoting internal whistleblowing in organizations

Eve-Angeline Lambert and Yannick Gabuthy

IZA World of Labor, 2024, No 512, 512

Abstract: Internal whistleblowing refers to the decision of an employee observing a misconduct in a firm to report it through an internal channel, i.e. via a hotline or directly to an identified ombudsman. Whistleblowing is highly beneficial to firms in various ways. However, employees may be reluctant to blow the whistle, both for moral reasons and due to a fear of retaliation. Consequently, a firm aiming at encouraging whistleblowing in order to save judicial or reputation costs, fines, and to spare its reputation should consider a wide range of possible measures in addition to developing a global ethical culture.

Keywords: wrongdoing; reporting; retaliation; whistleblowing incentives; ethical culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J53 J71 J81 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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