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Alford, C. (2016). What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(1), 71-73. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.183
Charles Frederick Alford. "What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations”". International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5, 1, 2016, 71-73. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.183
Alford, C. (2016). 'What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations”', International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 5(1), pp. 71-73. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.183
Alford, C. What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations”. International Journal of Health Policy and Management, 2016; 5(1): 71-73. doi: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.183

What Makes Whistleblowers So Threatening?; Comment on “Cultures of Silence and Cultures of Voice: The Role of Whistleblowing in Healthcare Organisations”

Article 13, Volume 5, Issue 1, January 2016, Page 71-73  XML PDF (299 K)
Document Type: Commentary
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2015.183
Author
Charles Frederick Alford
Department of Government and Politics, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
Abstract
Whistleblowing is defined by the retaliation that those who speak out receive. Why some organizations find it almost impossible not to retaliate depends more on the properties of the organization than the act of the individual whistleblower. These properties are, to greater or lesser degree, present in all organizations. Not all organizations retaliate against whistleblowers, but the whistleblower represents a threat to every organization. And to every individual within the organization, because the whistleblower challenges the morality and ethics of the rest of us.
Keywords
Whistleblowers; Whistleblowing; Organizational Structure; “Commit the Truth”
Main Subjects
Health Policy
References
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