RESOURCES ON WHISTLEBLOWING

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Whistleblowing is the disclosure by a person, usually an employee in a government agency or private enterprise, to the public or to those in authority, of mismanagement, corruption, illegality, or some other wrongdoing. (The Free Dictionary)

Scripture References: Isaiah 58:1, Luke 6:26, Galatians 2:14, Ephesians 5:11

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A. News, Articles, & Books

• What Cross-Cultural Workers Ought to Know about Whistleblowing by Ronald Koteskey

• Secretary-General Gutterres Approves Updated UN Whistleblower Protection UN News (23 January 2017)

• Leaked UN Staff Survey Shows Fears over Whistleblowing and Ethical Accountability by Sophie Edwards, Devex.com (1 March 2018)

• What Churches Need to Know about Fraud and Whistleblower Protection Outreach Magazine (12 June 2018)

• Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor by Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James O'Toole, & Patricia Ward Biederman

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B. Policies & Resources

• ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) - Sample Policy on Suspected Misconduct, Dishonesty, Fraud, and Whistleblower Protection

• National Council of NonProfits - Whistleblower Protections for Nonprofits - Sample Whistleblower Protection Policy

• Transparency International - Whistleblowing - Whistleblowing Program - Draft Principles for Whistleblowing Legislation

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C. Film

• Corruption Files: Ana Garrido, 2021 [video]

Corruption Files delivers riveting firsthand reports from the frontlines against corruption and reveals the real personal impact of financial crime.

"A career civil servant-turned-whistleblower in Spain found herself battling a nationwide political machine, facing death threats and hiding in a foreign country for years."

• Spotlight, 2015 [trailer]

"If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a village to abuse one." Spotlight…follows The Boston Globe's "Spotlight" team, the oldest continuously operating newspaper investigative journalist unit in the United States, and its investigation into cases of widespread and systemic child sex abuse in the Boston area by numerous Roman Catholic priests. It is based on a series of stories by the "Spotlight" team that earned The Globe the 2003 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service. The film features an ensemble cast…[and] won the Academy Award for Best Picture along with Best Original Screenplay from six nominations in total.”

• The Whistleblower, 2010 [trailer]

"Unless you go public, the darkness will never see the light of day." This movie is “based on the experiences of Kathryn Bolkovac, a Nebraska cop who served as a peacekeeper in post-war Bosnia and outed the U.N. for covering up a sex scandal.” Bolkovac, played by Rachel Weisz, “finds herself confronting a 'dangerous reality of corruption, cover-up and intrigue amid a world of private contractors and multinational diplomatic double-talk'. A fictionalized account inspired by actual events, the movie deals with issues both real and abhorrent: human trafficking, violence against women and cross-border organized crime. United Nations peacekeepers and staff are portrayed as turning a blind-eye to, or worse, actually being complicit in these crimes.”