The State of State Whistleblower Protection

Callahan, Elletta Sangrey; Dworkin, Terry Morehead

doi:10.1111/j.1744-1714.2000.tb00286.x

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“…This may explain why animal-protection groups are considered more credible sources of information than are livestock industry groups (McKendree et al 2014), and why this positive perception increases following animal-abuse scandals (Scudder and Bishop-Mills 2009;Tiplady et al 2013). These results are consistent with other research, showing that whistle-blowers are viewed favourably by society (Callahan and Dworkin 2000), despite the short-term upheaval caused by exposés (Hersh 2002).…”

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Public concerns about dairy-cow welfare: how should the industry respond?

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Keyserlingk

2017

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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Abstract. Common practices on dairy farms have fallen out of step with public values, such that the dairy industry has now become a target for public criticism. In the present paper, we describe some of the forces that have led to the current situation, and various potential methods to rectify the situation. One approach is to shield industry practices from public scrutiny, for example, by using 'ag-gag' legislation to stem the flow of videos exposing contentious practices. Another is to educate members of the public so that they better understand the nature of these practices and the reasons that they are used on farms. The literature we reviewed indicated that neither of these approaches is likely to be successful. Instead, we suggest that the dairy industry needs to develop methods of meaningful two-way engagement with concerned citizens, including research using social-science methods to document the values of different stakeholders and examine approaches to resolving conflicts. We also reviewed how biological research can help resolve issues, for example, by developing rearing systems that address public concerns around freedom of movement and social contact without putting animals at an increased risk of disease. We end with a discussion of how policy efforts by the dairy industry can be used to ensure compliance with commonly accepted standards, and more ambitiously, develop a common vision of dairying that positions the industry as a leader in animal welfare.

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Public concerns about dairy-cow welfare: how should the industry respond?

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Keyserlingk

2017

Anim. Prod. Sci.

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“…Looking at this from a legal perspective, Callahan (1990) and Callahan and Dworkin (2000) find inadequate protection in the law for whistle-blowers in many jurisdictions and in many fields of work. Literature reviewed below suggests that whistle-blowers are often treated very harshly by their employers and potential whistle-blowers have good reasons to fear retaliation by their employers.…”

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Whistle-Blowing for Profit: An Ethical Analysis of the Federal False Claims Act

2007

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“…Park et al (2008) suggest six distinct ways to blow the whistle based on three choices which face the would-be whistleblower: internal versus external, anonymous versus identified, and formal versus informal. Of these, the distinction between internal versus external whistleblowing is most widely discussed in the literature (Callahan and Dworkin, 2000;Dworkin and Baucus, 1998;Dworkin and Callahan, 1991;Miceli and Near, 1992) and would also seem to be likeliest to be associated with different attitudes, subjective norms etc. Dworkin and Baucus (1998) reported that external whistleblowers tend to experience more extensive organizational retaliation than internal whistleblowers.…”

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“…Heungsik Park and John Blenkinsopp in the objectives of whistleblower protection statutes (Callahan and Dworkin, 2000), include prevention of harm to an organization, control of corruption, enhancement of public interest, an employee's doing his or her duty, moral satisfaction, etc. These are positive consequences, in that whistleblowing is largely considered as a positive behavior to be encouraged in a workplace.…”

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