Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. the disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department
Examples
“This happens in my honest opinion as aside from those who may try to help others and end up suffering devastation themselves … these other professionals may then turn a blind eye and stay silent & are now possibly also being influenced by some of the weaknesses and politics behind the so-called whistleblowing legislation which is operating in NZ etc”
I believe that Clint Rickards, Bob Schollum and Brad Shipton are rapists
“BP's Alaska operations have also been the subject of numerous 'whistleblowing' safety concerns being raised by the ombudsman the company set up in 2006.”
The Guardian: BP Gulf oil spill final report backs British safety model
“My opinion comes from lectures I've been giving all over the country on "Ethical Decision-making" which, after my "whistleblowing" experience, doubles as a warning about how easy it is to get sucked into doing bad things and/or to go along with wrongful, illegal decisions.”
“However, it may not terminate for an unlawful reason, such as in violation of public policy (e.g. retaliation for filing a workers compensation claim, "whistleblowing") or an unlawfully discriminatory one (e.g., because of race, sex, religion, etc.).”
The Wall Street Journal: Getting Fired Three Days After Starting a Job
“P.S. Coincidentally, I just got back from an all-day "good government type" conference in Washington DC, the main topic of which was the need to enact "whistleblowing" protection for public and private sector employees, especially in the intellligence and national security areas.”
“Deputy President Thabo Mbeki earlier in the day told the conference that government's campaign against corruption would include a review of anti-corruption legislation, drafting of new laws, more efficient monitoring and management systems, and a more comprehensive "whistleblowing" system.”
“Mbeki said government's campaign against corruption would include a review of anti-corruption legislation, drafting of new laws, more efficient monitoring and management systems, and a more comprehensive "whistleblowing" system.”
“New measures are to be enacted in line with proposals serving before cabinet and these include, inter alia the review of anti-corruption legislation and the drafting of new legislation the development of more efficient monitoring and management systems to put the brakes on corrupt activities, strengthening the criminal justice system through the development of investigative and preventive strategies, a more comprehensive "whistleblowing" system, development of a risk assessment”
Statement by Thabo Mbeki at the Anti-Corruption Summit Conference
““For some group of people, that would be called whistleblowing,” Mr. Sulzberger said on the phone Tuesday evening — for instance, he said, people who thought Mr. Wilson’s complaints about the administration (aired in a Times op-ed) hadn’t shared all the relevant facts.”
“But this kind of whistleblowing is always going to end badly for the whistleblower, because even if a legitimate transparency function is served (calling attention to wasteful and inefficient program administration), the programs themselves”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘whistleblowing’.
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POL - scandalous (single words only)
acolyte, archrival, backhander, backlash, baksheesh, bashing, boo, bribery, cadre, chicanery, clash, coercion and 256 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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POL - scandalous (words and collocati...
Words and collocations associated with political scandal
blow the whistle, boo, cronyism and rigging, democratic deficit, denigrate, dirty linen, fiasco, finger pointing a..., graft, hidden account, hush money, illicit financing... and 578 more...
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POL - issues
emergency services, abortion, accounting reform, addiction, affirmative action, agriculture policy, AIDS, air pollution, air quality, alcohol abuse, drug trafficking, trafficking in hu... and 200 more...
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Bells and Whistles
Liberty Bell, Belle and Sebastian, Whistler's Mother, whistle stop, pennywhistle, whistle pig, wolf whistle, wet your whistle, barbell, bell jar, Bell's palsy, bell pepper and 138 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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POL - cool compounds
scaremongering, facelifting, mudslinging, gerrymandering, goldplating, muscleflexing, headway, pinpointing, hobby-horse, barnstorming, grandfathering, finger-wagging and 31 more...
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Australian
words not found in other
dictionaries,these are from Macquarie
Dictionary and not playable in
scrabbleabdul, abdulled, abdulling, abi, abiu, ablactate, absinthial, absinthian, absoluter, acalypha, acanthodian, acaroids and 5128 more...
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