Whistle-Blowing Regulation in Different Corporate Governance Systems - An Analysis of the Regulation Approaches from the View of Path Dependence Theory

Pittroff, Esther

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“…Brody et al (1999) suggests that the collectivist individuals in Taiwan and China may be less likely to blow the whistle than Americans. In contrast to the USA, Continental European countries and Russia have a more negative association with whistleblowers (Dowling 2008: 12–13; Pittroff, 2014; Schmolke 2012: 229). Whistleblowers are still often seen as villains or traitors (Dowling, 2008: 12–13; Martirossian, 2004: 100; Pittroff, 2014; Schmolke, 2012: 229).…”

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“…In contrast to the USA, Continental European countries and Russia have a more negative association with whistleblowers (Dowling 2008: 12–13; Pittroff, 2014; Schmolke 2012: 229). Whistleblowers are still often seen as villains or traitors (Dowling, 2008: 12–13; Martirossian, 2004: 100; Pittroff, 2014; Schmolke, 2012: 229). According to LeFebvre (2011), U.S. companies require their employees to whistleblowing if they see their colleagues are violating the code and “often provide mechanisms for anonymous reporting in order to encourage this behavior.…”

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confidence: 97%

“…Cultural background plays a huge role of attitude toward whistle-blowing. The attitude toward whistle-blowing varies among different cultures significantly (Brody et al, 1999; Dowling, 2008; Keenan and McLain, 1992; Lacayo and Ripley, 2003; MacNab et al, 2007; Martirossian, 2004; Park et al, 2017; Palmer, 2013; Patel, 2003; Pittroff, 2014; Su, 2007; Zhang, 2015; Zhuang et al, 2005).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Research indicates there is a relationship between cultural background and whistle-blowing activities (Kaptein, 2011; MacNab et al, 2007; Trongmateerut and Sweeney, 2013; Zhuang et al, 2005, Pittroff, 2014) and that attitudes toward whistle-blowing varies significantly among different cultures (Pittroff, 2014; Schmolke, 2012; Zhuang et al, 2005). However, there are very rare studies investigate the different propensity on whistle-blowing behavior across country, especially the comparative between two different economics or culture system.…”

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“…Research indicates there is a relationship between cultural background and ethical attitudes of people, especially in developed and developing societies (Christie et al, 2003; Ermasova et al, 2019; Nguyen et al, 2019; Pittroff, 2014; Trongmateerut and Sweeney, 2013; Zhuang et al, 2005) and that attitudes toward whistleblowing varies significantly among different cultures (Clark et al, 2020; Fleisher and Schmolke, 2012; Pittroff, 2014; Zhuang et al, 2005). Some scholars indicate that the people in group-oriented collectivist cultures may be more critical of illegal, immoral, or illegitimate practices if these practices represent potential threats to the collective (Christie et al, 2003; Clark et al, 2020; Hwang et al, 2014; Patel, 2003).…”

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This paper reports a systematic literature review of articles published over the past 35 years on cross-cultural issues in business ethics. A screening process resulted in a final sample of 306 papers in 26 double-blind reviewed journals with an impact factor score of at least 1.0 in the field. This study uses citation analysis, systematic literature review method, and knowledge-stock analysis. This study highlights the findings from prior studies, compares and contrasts salient characteristics and provides directions for future research. This study identifies important gaps between the literature and the challenges of cross-cultural issues in business ethics. These gaps include lack of conceptual articles, multi-countries level analysis, and deficiency of comparison analysis between developed and developing countries. This article proposes to apply virtue ethics and model of cultural sense-making as some analytical frameworks in the field of cross-cultural issues in business ethics. This review of the literature could provide managers with a longitudinal perspective on how the institutional environment and national culture affect business ethics perception of employees. This paper contributes to the cross-cultural literature on ethical attitudes, helps us better understand cross-cultural differences in business ethics, and provides directions for further research.

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confidence: 97%

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Whistleblowers as regulatory intermediaries: Instrumental and reflexive considerations in decentralizing regulation

Kampourakis

2020

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This article frames whistleblowers as regulatory intermediaries who provide a response to the problem posed by the fragmentation of knowledge in a complex society and market economy. I identify two ways in which whistleblowers become regulatory intermediaries: The first is by remedying informational asymmetries between the regulator and the target (instrumental approach). Both in the United States and in the European Union, whistleblowers are protected on the basis of the value of the disclosed information for the advancement of regulatory objectives. The second way in which whistleblowers become regulatory intermediaries is by contributing to the development of "communities of compliance" and by enhancing the internal self-regulatory capacities of regulatory targets (reflexive approach). Creating internal channels of reporting and monitoring is perceived as a way to change the organizational culture of targets. Through the instrumentalismreflexivity dipole, competing rationales and normative visions of regulatory intermediation become apparent: It could, on the one hand, facilitate state intervention and legal sanctions or, on the other hand, signal the aspiration to embed public and social values in private actors.

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Why I don’t Blow the Whistle? Perceived Barriers by the University Teachers to Report Wrong Doings

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2020

Lib. Arts Soc. Sci. Int. J.

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Whistle blowing is a term used to report the unethical act of colleagues and wrongdoings within the organization. Bringing attention towards the misconducts and organization’s effective response accordingly improves the productivity and quality of services. However, this generates the potential threats of organizational and interpersonal conflicts for the whistle-blower thus leads often failure in reporting by the personals or employees. This study explores the perceived barriers by the university teachers, which may hinder the process of reporting wrongdoings. Social constructionism qualitative research design is used. At first phase, face-to-face interviews of six faculty members and narrative research design has been used. At second phase, three focused group discussion sessions with total 24 participants, were carried out in three public sector universities of Punjab, purposively selected. Analysis shows that the people hesitate to blow the whistle due to psychological, social, and organizational barriers, like, fear of joblessness, security threats, lack of supportive organizational polices, lack of adequate mechanism for blowing the whistle, the personal waded interest of the personals. However, this procedure can be enhanced by addressing the issue well in time, adequate security measures, ensured job security for the whistle-blowers, and adoption of a well-developed reporting mechanism in the universities.

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Whistle-Blowing Regulation in Different Corporate Governance Systems - An Analysis of the Regulation Approaches from the View of Path Dependence Theory

Cited by 3 publications

References 74 publications

Cross-cultural issues in business ethics: A review and research agenda

Cross-cultural issues in business ethics: A review and research agenda

Whistleblowers as regulatory intermediaries: Instrumental and reflexive considerations in decentralizing regulation

Why I don’t Blow the Whistle? Perceived Barriers by the University Teachers to Report Wrong Doings

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