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APPG Reports
Read the text of the Whistleblowing Bill
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The All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Whistleblowing was launched in July 2018 with the aim to put whistleblowing at the top of the agenda. Whistleblowers remain the vital element of a transparent society without whose voice many more unethical activities and crimes would remain unknown, with far reaching impacts on our society and communities.
This report examines how whistleblowers fare at Employment Tribunals. In 1998, with the implementation of the Public Interest Disclosure Act through the Employment Rights Act, Employment Tribunals became the de facto bearers of justice for whistleblowers. Today, we question whether that is indeed the most appropriate institutional arrangement to, on the one hand redress and deter reprisals against whistleblowers, and on the other hand address the wrongdoing that whistleblowers raise concerns about.
Read the All-Party Parliamentary Group report: “Making whistleblowing work for society”
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The notion of drawing attention to wrongdoing by ‘blowing the whistle’ originates from the Metropolitan Police Force who in February 1884 issued 21,000 whistles, the nineteenth century mobile phone! The effectiveness of blowing the whistle can be seen to this day on sports fields around the world. A whistle remains the most effective means of being heard above the crowd and drawing attention to an issue.
Read the All-Party Parliamentary Group report on whistleblowing: “The Personal Cost of Doing the Right Thing and the Cost to Society of Ignoring it”
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Reading the Signals: A series of failures in NHS Maternity Services
Reading the signals makes for an infuriating read, especially as supporters of whistleblowing and whistleblowers from all sectors of society, but especially healthcare where lives are on the line.
Whistleblowers of Corruption:The Heroes who expose 'The Spiral of Silent Complicity.'
Help for Heroes has been hugely successful. The public support those who were prepared to risk their lives for the public.
Not all heroes, who do huge public good, receive the public support they need; many have their lives ruined for doing something that few have the courage to do: they report organisations engaged in wrongdoing to the authorities, after having tried internally to correct the illegality, and are then subjected to life-ruining detriment.
