Safety of a Whistle-blower and How Faithful will be Heard: An Indian Perspective

  • Kirti Kishore
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  • Kirti Kishore

    Apprentice at Vidhinyas Solicitors and Associates, India

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Abstract

Yes, the world is a dangerous place equally because of people who know and do nothing. But there are certain people in the corporate society who catch the wrongdoings. The phenomenon is termed as "Whistle Blowing" in the corporate and public affairs so called "white collar society" There is a different perspective to Whistle There is a different perspective to Whistle Blower or Whistle blowing, one may say that Whistle blowers are individuals who expose corruption and fraud in organizations by filing a law suit or a complaint with Government authorities that prompts a criminal investigation in to the organizations alleged behaviour or term them as negative words like informers" and "snitches" Whistle Blowers can be an Employee who, perceiving an organizational practice that he believes to be illegal or unethical, or an attempt by an employee or a former employee of an organization to disclose what he proclaims to be wrong doing in or by that organization or is the one who releases the information of an organization which is the evidence of illegal and/or immoral conduct in the organization which is not in the public interest.

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International Journal of Legal Science and Innovation, Volume 3, Issue 3, Page 890 - 894

DOI: https://doij.org/10.10000/IJLSI.11835

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