The term whistleblower has long been used within the business and political world for centuries – and usually involves very high-profile people and global scandals. From Edward Snowden to Linda Tripp, these individuals have risked their own personal safety and careers to expose wrongdoings that wouldn’t have hit the headlines without their help.
Even last year, Frances Haughen revealed to a parliamentary hearing of MPs the inner workings of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook (now META), stating that the social media group’s Founder ‘has unilateral control over three billion people’.
She told the committee of the about the company’s culture of profitability over its ethical and social impact around the world.
And with the ever-growing influence of social media over businesses and our everyday life – every employee around the world has the capability to bring down a company, individual or political party if they have the right information.
With this in mind, Business Leader got the views of some industry experts on whether we are entering a new age of employees exposing unethical or illegal behaviour through being a whistleblower.
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