Another example of this would be in recent times whistle blowing became a big headline when Edward Snowden did so in 2013. Snowden blew the whistle on the NSA’s monitoring of phone and internet communcations. His actions had enormous impact on his own life, as well as policies and pracites within and between companies, industries and even countries. Codes of ethics that forbid retaliation are just empty words if unethical people aren 't held accountable. And a lack of accountability is the hallmark of corrupt organizations. “Doing the right thing” can be very costly. (Kinicki & Fugate, 2015) As with many policies that organizations apply to behavioral expectations they should also implement a whistle blowing policy that make clear what is covered and what applies to them, allow that employees not fear retaliation and make sure all employees are in full understanding and not left out. As I discussed earlier many times whistle blowing occurs due to dissatisfaction. In way to prevent whistle blowing from occurring at all I believe that higher expectations on group power and norms within that group may help make a more cohesive group rather then one individual who is committed leading to that dissatisfaction.
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Through this communications more and understanding of wrongdoing and how it can be combated will help a whistle blower follow the appropriate channels of reconciliation. This puts an importance on leadership and HR to develop ethical management skills that encourage proper conduct that could save the company great loss in revenue and negative public opinion through more effective management
Through this communications more and understanding of wrongdoing and how it can be combated will help a whistle blower follow the appropriate channels of reconciliation. This puts an importance on leadership and HR to develop ethical management skills that encourage proper conduct that could save the company great loss in revenue and negative public opinion through more effective management