a post by John Sprack on the OUP blog
“Why didn’t anyone in the know say something about it?”
That’s the natural reaction of the public when some shocking new scandal – financial wrongdoing, patient neglect, child abuse – comes to light. The question highlights the role of the whistleblower. He or she can play a vital role in ensuring that something is done about activity which is illegal or dangerous. But the price which the whistleblower pays may be high – ostracism by colleagues, victimisation by the employer, dismissal, informal blacklisting by other employers who fear taking on a “troublemaker”.
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Hazel’s comment:
And we have to remember that it is not only at work that whistleblowing may be appropriate but detrimental to the person doing the blowing.
The neighbour whose child is always crying. Should you call social services? The police? The decision that a lot of us take is to do nothing.
And yet we have to remember: “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
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