A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing

When successful and ethical managers are alerted to possible organizational wrongdoing, they take corrective action before the problems become crises. However, recent research [e. g., Rynes et al. (2007, Academy of Management Journal 50(5), 987-1008)] indi cates that many organizations fail to imple...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Journal of business ethics 2009-05, Vol.86 (3), p.379-396
Main Authors: Miceli, Marda P., Near, Janet P., Dworkin, Terry Morehead
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Blowers
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Business management
Business structures
Costs
Education
Employees
Ethics
Human resource management
legal issues
Management
Management reports
Morality
organizational wrongdoing
Personnel management
Philosophy
Policy making
Quality of Life Research
Reputations
Retaliation
Sexual harassment
Studies
Whistle blowing
Whistleblowing
Whistles
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
cited_by cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3
cites cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3
container_end_page 396
container_issue 3
container_start_page 379
container_title Journal of business ethics
container_volume 86
creator Miceli, Marda P.
Near, Janet P.
Dworkin, Terry Morehead
description When successful and ethical managers are alerted to possible organizational wrongdoing, they take corrective action before the problems become crises. However, recent research [e. g., Rynes et al. (2007, Academy of Management Journal 50(5), 987-1008)] indi cates that many organizations fail to implement evidence-based practices (i. e., practices that are consistent with research findings), in many aspects of human resource management. In this paper, we draw from years of research on whistle-blowing by social scientists and legal scholars and offer concrete suggestions to managers who are interested in encouraging internal reporting of problems requiring attention, and to observers of questionable activity who are considering reporting it. We also identify ways that research suggests policy-makers can have a more positive influence. We hope that these suggestions will help foster evidence-based practice regarding whistle-blowing.
doi_str_mv 10.1007/s10551-008-9853-6
format article
fullrecord <record><control><sourceid>jstor_proqu</sourceid><recordid>TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_37193934</recordid><sourceformat>XML</sourceformat><sourcesystem>PC</sourcesystem><jstor_id>40294896</jstor_id><sourcerecordid>40294896</sourcerecordid><originalsourceid>FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3</originalsourceid><addsrcrecordid>eNqFkU-LFDEQxRtRcFz9AB6E4MFbtPI_5W0ZRlfZRRFljiHTnZ7t2Z5Om_Qo8-1N07KIBw1UCorfe1Txquo5g9cMwLzJDJRiFMBStEpQ_aBaMWUEBY3mYbUCpg2VSsrH1ZOcD1CeYnJVuUuyjakhUyTTbSDbLoe35Cr-JDd-8PuQMvFDQz7HvqvP9MbfzZO1H8hmqOMpFYJsjmMfzyHk2eNLGGOayDbFYd_Ebtg_rR61vs_h2e9-UX17t_m6vqLXn95_WF9e01qimWiruESrlSmvBW0QbNtK3CEYqxGxCVph23DgFgTWPBTe8l3NGe5s0zbionq1-I4pfj-FPLljl-vQ934I8ZSdMAwFCvlfkIOyiglWwJd_gYdy8VCOcAwtYwKUKBBboDrFnFNo3Zi6o09nx8DNwbglGFeCcXMwThfNx0WTwhjqe8GdHw-7Uw6T--GEt7p851IcAEvrSolS49xNmaB2t9OxmPHFLBefoQT2x5b_2ODFIjrkKab7DSRwlBa1-AXDdrCi</addsrcrecordid><sourcetype>Aggregation Database</sourcetype><iscdi>true</iscdi><recordtype>article</recordtype><pqid>198113053</pqid></control><display><type>article</type><title>A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing</title><source>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</source><source>Business Source Ultimate</source><source>JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection</source><source>Social Science Premium Collection</source><source>ABI/INFORM Global</source><source>Politics Collection</source><source>Springer Nature</source><source>PAIS Index</source><source>Art, Design &amp; Architecture Collection</source><creator>Miceli, Marda P. ; Near, Janet P. ; Dworkin, Terry Morehead</creator><creatorcontrib>Miceli, Marda P. ; Near, Janet P. ; Dworkin, Terry Morehead</creatorcontrib><description>When successful and ethical managers are alerted to possible organizational wrongdoing, they take corrective action before the problems become crises. However, recent research [e. g., Rynes et al. (2007, Academy of Management Journal 50(5), 987-1008)] indi cates that many organizations fail to implement evidence-based practices (i. e., practices that are consistent with research findings), in many aspects of human resource management. In this paper, we draw from years of research on whistle-blowing by social scientists and legal scholars and offer concrete suggestions to managers who are interested in encouraging internal reporting of problems requiring attention, and to observers of questionable activity who are considering reporting it. We also identify ways that research suggests policy-makers can have a more positive influence. We hope that these suggestions will help foster evidence-based practice regarding whistle-blowing.</description><identifier>ISSN: 0167-4544</identifier><identifier>EISSN: 1573-0697</identifier><identifier>DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9853-6</identifier><identifier>CODEN: JBUEDJ</identifier><language>eng</language><publisher>Dordrecht: Springer</publisher><subject>Blowers ; Business and Management ; Business Ethics ; Business management ; Business structures ; Costs ; Education ; Employees ; Ethics ; Human resource management ; legal issues ; Management ; Management reports ; Morality ; organizational wrongdoing ; Personnel management ; Philosophy ; Policy making ; Quality of Life Research ; Reputations ; Retaliation ; Sexual harassment ; Studies ; Whistle blowing ; Whistleblowing ; Whistles</subject><ispartof>Journal of business ethics, 2009-05, Vol.86 (3), p.379-396</ispartof><rights>Copyright 2009 Springer</rights><rights>Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2008</rights><rights>Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2009</rights><lds50>peer_reviewed</lds50><woscitedreferencessubscribed>false</woscitedreferencessubscribed><citedby>FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3</citedby><cites>FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3</cites></display><links><openurl>$$Topenurl_article</openurl><openurlfulltext>$$Topenurlfull_article</openurlfulltext><thumbnail>$$Tsyndetics_thumb_exl</thumbnail><linktopdf>$$Uhttps://www.proquest.com/docview/198113053/fulltextPDF?pq-origsite=primo$$EPDF$$P50$$Gproquest$$H</linktopdf><linktohtml>$$Uhttps://www.proquest.com/docview/198113053?pq-origsite=primo$$EHTML$$P50$$Gproquest$$H</linktohtml><link.rule.ids>314,780,784,11688,11906,12847,12861,21387,21394,27866,27924,27925,33223,33224,33611,33612,33985,33986,34775,34776,36050,36051,36060,36061,43733,43948,44200,44361,44363,58238,58471,74093,74340,74600,74765,74767</link.rule.ids><backlink>$$Uhttp://econpapers.repec.org/article/kapjbuset/v_3a86_3ay_3a2009_3ai_3a3_3ap_3a379-396.htm$$DView record in RePEc$$Hfree_for_read</backlink></links><search><creatorcontrib>Miceli, Marda P.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Near, Janet P.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Dworkin, Terry Morehead</creatorcontrib><title>A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing</title><title>Journal of business ethics</title><addtitle>J Bus Ethics</addtitle><description>When successful and ethical managers are alerted to possible organizational wrongdoing, they take corrective action before the problems become crises. However, recent research [e. g., Rynes et al. (2007, Academy of Management Journal 50(5), 987-1008)] indi cates that many organizations fail to implement evidence-based practices (i. e., practices that are consistent with research findings), in many aspects of human resource management. In this paper, we draw from years of research on whistle-blowing by social scientists and legal scholars and offer concrete suggestions to managers who are interested in encouraging internal reporting of problems requiring attention, and to observers of questionable activity who are considering reporting it. We also identify ways that research suggests policy-makers can have a more positive influence. We hope that these suggestions will help foster evidence-based practice regarding whistle-blowing.</description><subject>Blowers</subject><subject>Business and Management</subject><subject>Business Ethics</subject><subject>Business management</subject><subject>Business structures</subject><subject>Costs</subject><subject>Education</subject><subject>Employees</subject><subject>Ethics</subject><subject>Human resource management</subject><subject>legal issues</subject><subject>Management</subject><subject>Management reports</subject><subject>Morality</subject><subject>organizational wrongdoing</subject><subject>Personnel management</subject><subject>Philosophy</subject><subject>Policy making</subject><subject>Quality of Life Research</subject><subject>Reputations</subject><subject>Retaliation</subject><subject>Sexual harassment</subject><subject>Studies</subject><subject>Whistle blowing</subject><subject>Whistleblowing</subject><subject>Whistles</subject><issn>0167-4544</issn><issn>1573-0697</issn><fulltext>true</fulltext><rsrctype>article</rsrctype><creationdate>2009</creationdate><recordtype>article</recordtype><sourceid>7TQ</sourceid><sourceid>8BJ</sourceid><sourceid>ALSLI</sourceid><sourceid>DPSOV</sourceid><sourceid>K50</sourceid><sourceid>M0C</sourceid><sourceid>M1D</sourceid><sourceid>M2L</sourceid><sourceid>M2R</sourceid><recordid>eNqFkU-LFDEQxRtRcFz9AB6E4MFbtPI_5W0ZRlfZRRFljiHTnZ7t2Z5Om_Qo8-1N07KIBw1UCorfe1Txquo5g9cMwLzJDJRiFMBStEpQ_aBaMWUEBY3mYbUCpg2VSsrH1ZOcD1CeYnJVuUuyjakhUyTTbSDbLoe35Cr-JDd-8PuQMvFDQz7HvqvP9MbfzZO1H8hmqOMpFYJsjmMfzyHk2eNLGGOayDbFYd_Ebtg_rR61vs_h2e9-UX17t_m6vqLXn95_WF9e01qimWiruESrlSmvBW0QbNtK3CEYqxGxCVph23DgFgTWPBTe8l3NGe5s0zbionq1-I4pfj-FPLljl-vQ934I8ZSdMAwFCvlfkIOyiglWwJd_gYdy8VCOcAwtYwKUKBBboDrFnFNo3Zi6o09nx8DNwbglGFeCcXMwThfNx0WTwhjqe8GdHw-7Uw6T--GEt7p851IcAEvrSolS49xNmaB2t9OxmPHFLBefoQT2x5b_2ODFIjrkKab7DSRwlBa1-AXDdrCi</recordid><startdate>20090501</startdate><enddate>20090501</enddate><creator>Miceli, Marda P.</creator><creator>Near, Janet P.</creator><creator>Dworkin, Terry Morehead</creator><general>Springer</general><general>Springer Netherlands</general><general>Springer Nature B.V</general><scope>DKI</scope><scope>X2L</scope><scope>AAYXX</scope><scope>CITATION</scope><scope>0-V</scope><scope>0U~</scope><scope>1-H</scope><scope>3V.</scope><scope>7TQ</scope><scope>7WY</scope><scope>7WZ</scope><scope>7XB</scope><scope>87Z</scope><scope>88C</scope><scope>88G</scope><scope>88J</scope><scope>8AO</scope><scope>8BJ</scope><scope>8FI</scope><scope>8FJ</scope><scope>8FK</scope><scope>8FL</scope><scope>8G5</scope><scope>AABKS</scope><scope>ABSDQ</scope><scope>ABUWG</scope><scope>AFKRA</scope><scope>ALSLI</scope><scope>AVQMV</scope><scope>AZQEC</scope><scope>BENPR</scope><scope>BEZIV</scope><scope>CCPQU</scope><scope>DHY</scope><scope>DON</scope><scope>DPSOV</scope><scope>DWQXO</scope><scope>FQK</scope><scope>FRNLG</scope><scope>FYUFA</scope><scope>F~G</scope><scope>GHDGH</scope><scope>GNUQQ</scope><scope>GUQSH</scope><scope>JBE</scope><scope>K50</scope><scope>K60</scope><scope>K6~</scope><scope>K8~</scope><scope>KC-</scope><scope>L.-</scope><scope>L.0</scope><scope>M0C</scope><scope>M0T</scope><scope>M1D</scope><scope>M2L</scope><scope>M2M</scope><scope>M2O</scope><scope>M2R</scope><scope>MBDVC</scope><scope>PQBIZ</scope><scope>PQBZA</scope><scope>PQEST</scope><scope>PQQKQ</scope><scope>PQUKI</scope><scope>PRINS</scope><scope>PSYQQ</scope><scope>Q9U</scope><scope>S0X</scope><scope>7ST</scope><scope>7U6</scope><scope>C1K</scope></search><sort><creationdate>20090501</creationdate><title>A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing</title><author>Miceli, Marda P. ; Near, Janet P. ; Dworkin, Terry Morehead</author></sort><facets><frbrtype>5</frbrtype><frbrgroupid>cdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3</frbrgroupid><rsrctype>articles</rsrctype><prefilter>articles</prefilter><language>eng</language><creationdate>2009</creationdate><topic>Blowers</topic><topic>Business and Management</topic><topic>Business Ethics</topic><topic>Business management</topic><topic>Business structures</topic><topic>Costs</topic><topic>Education</topic><topic>Employees</topic><topic>Ethics</topic><topic>Human resource management</topic><topic>legal issues</topic><topic>Management</topic><topic>Management reports</topic><topic>Morality</topic><topic>organizational wrongdoing</topic><topic>Personnel management</topic><topic>Philosophy</topic><topic>Policy making</topic><topic>Quality of Life Research</topic><topic>Reputations</topic><topic>Retaliation</topic><topic>Sexual harassment</topic><topic>Studies</topic><topic>Whistle blowing</topic><topic>Whistleblowing</topic><topic>Whistles</topic><toplevel>peer_reviewed</toplevel><toplevel>online_resources</toplevel><creatorcontrib>Miceli, Marda P.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Near, Janet P.</creatorcontrib><creatorcontrib>Dworkin, Terry Morehead</creatorcontrib><collection>RePEc IDEAS</collection><collection>RePEc</collection><collection>CrossRef</collection><collection>ProQuest Social Sciences Premium Collection</collection><collection>Global News &amp; ABI/Inform Professional</collection><collection>Trade PRO</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Corporate)</collection><collection>PAIS Index</collection><collection>ABI商业信息数据库</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (PDF only)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection</collection><collection>Healthcare Administration Database (Alumni)</collection><collection>Psychology Database (Alumni)</collection><collection>Social Science Database (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Pharma Collection</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS)</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection</collection><collection>Hospital Premium Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni) (purchase pre-March 2016)</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Research Library (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>Philosophy Collection</collection><collection>Philosophy Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Central (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>Social Science Premium Collection</collection><collection>Arts Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Essentials</collection><collection>ProQuest Central</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Premium Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest One Community College</collection><collection>PAIS International</collection><collection>PAIS International (Ovid)</collection><collection>Politics Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Korea</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>Business Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global (Corporate)</collection><collection>Health Research Premium Collection (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Student</collection><collection>Research Library Prep</collection><collection>International Bibliography of the Social Sciences</collection><collection>Art, Design &amp; Architecture Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection (Alumni Edition)</collection><collection>ProQuest Business Collection</collection><collection>DELNET Management Collection</collection><collection>ProQuest Politics Collection</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Advanced</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Professional Standard</collection><collection>ABI/INFORM Global</collection><collection>Healthcare Administration Database</collection><collection>Arts &amp; Humanities Database</collection><collection>ProQuest Political Science Database</collection><collection>Psychology Database</collection><collection>ProQuest research library</collection><collection>Social Science Database</collection><collection>Research Library (Corporate)</collection><collection>One Business</collection><collection>ProQuest One Business (Alumni)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic Eastern Edition (DO NOT USE)</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic</collection><collection>ProQuest One Academic UKI Edition</collection><collection>ProQuest Central China</collection><collection>ProQuest One Psychology</collection><collection>ProQuest Central Basic</collection><collection>SIRS Editorial</collection><collection>Environment Abstracts</collection><collection>Sustainability Science Abstracts</collection><collection>Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management</collection><jtitle>Journal of business ethics</jtitle></facets><delivery><delcategory>Remote Search Resource</delcategory><fulltext>fulltext</fulltext></delivery><addata><au>Miceli, Marda P.</au><au>Near, Janet P.</au><au>Dworkin, Terry Morehead</au><format>journal</format><genre>article</genre><ristype>JOUR</ristype><atitle>A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing</atitle><jtitle>Journal of business ethics</jtitle><stitle>J Bus Ethics</stitle><date>2009-05-01</date><risdate>2009</risdate><volume>86</volume><issue>3</issue><spage>379</spage><epage>396</epage><pages>379-396</pages><issn>0167-4544</issn><eissn>1573-0697</eissn><coden>JBUEDJ</coden><abstract>When successful and ethical managers are alerted to possible organizational wrongdoing, they take corrective action before the problems become crises. However, recent research [e. g., Rynes et al. (2007, Academy of Management Journal 50(5), 987-1008)] indi cates that many organizations fail to implement evidence-based practices (i. e., practices that are consistent with research findings), in many aspects of human resource management. In this paper, we draw from years of research on whistle-blowing by social scientists and legal scholars and offer concrete suggestions to managers who are interested in encouraging internal reporting of problems requiring attention, and to observers of questionable activity who are considering reporting it. We also identify ways that research suggests policy-makers can have a more positive influence. We hope that these suggestions will help foster evidence-based practice regarding whistle-blowing.</abstract><cop>Dordrecht</cop><pub>Springer</pub><doi>10.1007/s10551-008-9853-6</doi><tpages>18</tpages></addata></record>
fulltext fulltext
identifier ISSN: 0167-4544
ispartof Journal of business ethics, 2009-05, Vol.86 (3), p.379-396
issn 0167-4544
1573-0697
language eng
recordid cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_37193934
source International Bibliography of the Social Sciences (IBSS); Business Source Ultimate; JSTOR Archival Journals and Primary Sources Collection; Social Science Premium Collection; ABI/INFORM Global; Politics Collection; Springer Nature; PAIS Index; Art, Design & Architecture Collection
subjects Blowers
Business and Management
Business Ethics
Business management
Business structures
Costs
Education
Employees
Ethics
Human resource management
legal issues
Management
Management reports
Morality
organizational wrongdoing
Personnel management
Philosophy
Policy making
Quality of Life Research
Reputations
Retaliation
Sexual harassment
Studies
Whistle blowing
Whistleblowing
Whistles
title A Word to the Wise: How Managers and Policy-Makers Can Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing
url http://sfxeu10.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/loughborough?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info:ofi/enc:UTF-8&ctx_tim=2025-01-08T02%3A40%3A00IST&url_ver=Z39.88-2004&url_ctx_fmt=infofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rfr_id=info:sid/primo.exlibrisgroup.com:primo3-Article-jstor_proqu&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=A%20Word%20to%20the%20Wise:%20How%20Managers%20and%20Policy-Makers%20Can%20Encourage%20Employees%20to%20Report%20Wrongdoing&rft.jtitle=Journal%20of%20business%20ethics&rft.au=Miceli,%20Marda%20P.&rft.date=2009-05-01&rft.volume=86&rft.issue=3&rft.spage=379&rft.epage=396&rft.pages=379-396&rft.issn=0167-4544&rft.eissn=1573-0697&rft.coden=JBUEDJ&rft_id=info:doi/10.1007/s10551-008-9853-6&rft_dat=%3Cjstor_proqu%3E40294896%3C/jstor_proqu%3E%3Cgrp_id%3Ecdi_FETCH-LOGICAL-c497t-f52498657777f067908ff49b90786999de659fd2028039c2e52482bc219b8dfd3%3C/grp_id%3E%3Coa%3E%3C/oa%3E%3Curl%3E%3C/url%3E&rft_id=info:oai/&rft_pqid=198113053&rft_id=info:pmid/&rft_jstor_id=40294896&rfr_iscdi=true