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whistleblower
whis·tle·blow·er or whis·tle-blow·er or whistle blower W5128000 (wĭs′əl-blō′ər, hwĭs′-)n. One who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority: "The Pentagon's most famous whistleblower is ... hoping to get another chance to search for government waste" (Washington Post).
whis′tle-blow′ing n.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | whistleblower - an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions in mental hospitals"whistle blower, whistle-blowerinformant, source - a person who supplies information |
whistleblower
whistleblower ((h)wis′ĕl-blō″ĕr) One who reports illegal, improper, unethical, or unprofessional behavior to authorities. The person divulging the information is usually an employee of the institution where the alleged activities occurred. Protection afforded to whistleblowers varies, depending on the nature of the misconduct that is alleged and the jurisdiction of the place where the event occurred. whistleblower
whistleblower a person, usually an employee, who reveals information, which he is contractually obliged to keep secret, because of an overriding public interest. The principle was recently introduced into the UK by the Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998, which has, for example, resulted in an accountant who was dismissed for exposing financial irregularities of his manager to the company headquarters in the USA being awarded not that much short of £300,000.Whistleblower
WhistleblowerAn employee or other person who publicly exposes the wrongdoings of a private company. For example, if a company is illegally dumping chemicals in a protected environment, a whistleblower may tell the proper authorities or, failing that, the media. Certain laws may protect whistleblowers from being fired or other negative consequences within the company.whistleblower
Synonyms for whistleblowernoun an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping itSynonyms- whistle blower
- whistle-blower
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