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Assisting Whistleblowers in Advancing Social Justice in the Workplace

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This chapter explores how perceptions of workplace fairness relate to whistleblower processes and outcomes. It then considers possible interventions by clinical sociologists and other practitioners to resolve social problems in the workplace. Possible interventions are the implementation of confidential reporting systems that would pre-empt whistleblowing; developing support systems for whistleblowers before, during, and after the disclosure is made; mediation between the organization and the whistleblower; and advocacy to improve legal protection for whistleblowers. These interventions would assist whistleblowers in dealing with the aftermath of the organization’s response to their disclosure through advancing individual and organizational resilience, and creating an environment where whistleblowers help to eradicate the public issue of wrongdoing without suffering the private troubles normally associated with their actions.

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Uys, T. (2022). Assisting Whistleblowers in Advancing Social Justice in the Workplace. In: Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39445-3_8

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