Is Whistle-Blowers Worth Rewarding Whistleblowers?

Today, people do illegal activities which are threatening to society just for the sake to earn profits. The ongoing debate on whistleblowing raises conflicting issues that draw public attention. Although governments and many business leaders have adopted various measures to incriminate the activities of whistleblowers. Whistleblowers contribute a great deal to the society by sanitizing the system. The heroic deeds of whistleblowers exposed unethical and shady deals when some authorities hide information which is not acknowledged by the public, while several efforts are being made to demonize them.
Revealing secrets helps to cease misdealing within an organization. Specialists expose financial wrongdoings for the benefit of the society. To a larger extent, whistleblowers have forced many organizations to …show more content…
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