A strategy to support whistleblowers that ranges from receiving complaints, following-up, and offering legal support with whistleblowers to training in social audit processes, monitoring cases in criminal proceedings, development of legal proposals and the consolidation of a National Whistleblower Network and Social Audit in Guatemala.
Carlos G. Guerrero Orozco is a consultant and trial attorney based in Mexico City. He leads the anti-corruption and compliance litigation practice for private sector companies at López Melih y Estrada, a Mexican law firm.
Legal counsel and compliance officers for such MNCs would be well served to thoroughly evaluate all internal whistleblower complaints and develop an effective strategy to proactively resolve the complaints.
This media series follws real whistleblowers as they discuss why they decided to blow the whistle, how they went about it and why it is important.
In this guide, the Brazilian government explains how a whistleblower would go about spreading information. It further explains some categories necessary to honor the whistle.
News article providing high level advice on whistleblowing
Webpage that offers overviews of whistleblowing legislation, whistleblowing channels, and protection in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Kenya, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Peru, Poland, Portual, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom
A tracker that covers whistleblower protection laws (current and new)
In this document, the Brazilian lawyer Elton Nunes José Alves explains the Brazilian law in depth that protects the whistleblower. The goal of this research is to identify the ilegal, and legal acts in the private sector environment.
In 2019 the European Union adopted a far-reaching Directive on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.
This global guide sets out the legislative framework of the protections available to whistleblowers in 16 key jurisdictions across the Americas, Europe and Asia
A list of the Government Accountability Project's reports on Whistleblowing
A guide to whistleblowing for Federal Employees, Contractors, and Grantees
This guide provides information on a series of important details for whistleblowers. It explains the definition of a whistleblower, along with information on how to blow the whistle, how to keep records, and how to make allies.
A guide to whistleblowing for Federal Employees and Contractors working in Science
A guide for advocacy groups working with whistleblowers
A guide to for journalists on how to work with Whistleblowers
The Integrity Fellowship and Sanctuary provides a temporary safe haven, protection and support for international whistleblowers and anti-corruption activists in extremis.
Examines the opportunities and challenges associated with different types of whistleblowing and speak-up arrangements, making recommendations based on best practices you can trust
Study on Whistleblower protection frameworks,compendum of best practices and guiding principles for legislation
This document is a guide for whistleblowers who are looking to alert the government to corrupt practices that involve the french state and violate the new EU directive
A list of legal and advocacy resources for whistleblowers compiled by the Project on Government Oversight
A general guide to whistleblowing for Federal Employees and Contractors
A webpage offering whistleblowing resources for US Federal Government Employees
Protect aims to make whistleblowing work for individuals, organisations and society.
Every year, we support around 3,000 whistleblowers who call our Advice Line. In addition, we work with organisations on improving their speak up arrangements and campaign for better legal protection of whistleblowers.
Step-by-step guide to doing what's right and protecting yourself
Created in honor of TRACE’s 20th anniversary, Corruption Files delivers riveting firsthand reports from the frontlines against corruption and reveals the real personal impact of financial crime.
Bribe, Swindle or Steal explores the world of financial crime—corruption, fraud, money laundering and sanctions—and what motivates people to break the law, how wrongdoers cover their tracks and what can be done to put a stop to the looting through interviews with experts in the field.
The guide touches on whistleblowing provisions across the MENA region; the conditions that need to be met for whistleblowers to feel safe; as well as tips and arguments for campaigning for enhanced whistleblower safeguards. It draws from our research on whistleblowing and consultations with our partners in Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen. Finally, it explores some of the steps organisations might want to take in supporting whistleblowers and the steps whistleblowers might take before and after speaking up.
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Palestine.
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Tunisia.
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Egypt.
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Jordan.
A guide for advocacy groups working with whistleblowers
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Morocco.
The papers offer first insights into the situation of whistleblowing, a number of case studies, and a summary of the various legal frameworks and their strong and weak-spots. These brief overviews include recommendations for systemic reform and aim at being a start of a discussion on improved protection of whistle-blowers. This report focuses on Lebanon.
A guide that gives general advice to those considering or have already blown the whistle
Official website of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission whistleblower program
A webpage tool that allows users to click through a series of prompts to identify the correct agency/entity to report wrongdoing/file a complaint
Official webpage of the US Internal Revenue Service Whistleblower Office
Official wesbiste for the Whistleblower Protection Program of OSHA
A list of over 24 fact sheets for whistleblowers in industries in the United States ranging from pipeline workers, to nuclear powerplant workers, money laundering, tax law violaters, medical fraud and many more
In each episode, Turner will discuss in depth each individual’s choice to become a whistleblower in their respective fields and the fallout that occurred
Provides support and advice to persons seeking to blow the whistle
The podcast explores the most important issues of the day for whistleblowing, featuring interviews with experts, whistleblowers and advocates from around the world.
The puropose is to provide a brief overview of legislation governing whistleblowing programs in each jurisdiction covered
Successful approaches for reporting and protection.
The Council of Europe has developed a legal instrument on protecting individuals who report or disclose information on acts and omissions in the workplace that represent a serious threat or harm to the public interest (‘whistleblowers’).
This is a description of the public ethics framework as it currently exists in Europe. This framework exists to develop and maintain a culture of the highest standards of conduct by public officials and/or to entrust these tasks to the competent public authorities in compliance with their applicable constitutional or other legislative provisions in Europe.
On 3 July 2024, the European Commission adopted a report assessing the transposition of the Whistleblower Protection Directive. The report finds that all Member States have transposed the Directive’s main provisions, but the transposition needs to be improved on certain key areas, such as the material scope, the conditions for protection and the measures of protection against retaliation, in particular the exemptions from liability and the penalties.
The African Union International Bureau for Animal Resources (AU-IBAR) new Whistleblowing System is for reporting wrongdoing that can impede the delivery of results by AU-IBAR as an institution, and all the funded projects or programs in achieving stated objectives.
Recent reports of the PPLAAF -- the Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa. The PPLAAF seeks to defend whistleblowers, as well as strategically litigate and advocate on their behalf where their disclosures speak to the public interest of African citizens.