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Silencing a Whistleblower
A Story of Hypocrisy
Taschenbuch von Cobus De Swardt
Sprache: Englisch

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This book examines how insufficient policies can lead to the alleged abuse of power in organisations. When independent ethical structures and processes are missing or weak, practices of abuse, misconduct and cover-ups can easily arise at the leadership level. Even organisations that specialise in good governance are no exception, as illustrated by this case study on arguably the world¿s most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI).

Written by the former Managing Director of Transparency International, this book chronicles its ethical breakdown over a 5-year period starting in 2015. By comparing TI¿s whistleblower policies with its internal whistleblower practices, it demonstrates how the organisation gradually became trapped in a vicious cycle of secrecy, corruption and lies.
The author chronologically tracks TI¿s practices, drawing on 12 whistleblower complaints filed with TI since 2017, as well as communications with TI, international donor agencies, and other international civil society organisations from 2015 to 2020 to do so. The chronological format aptly reveals the snowball effect that ethical weaknesses can create over time, as well as the emotional warfare that whistleblowers are typically subjected to. The unfolding chronology also shows what it means to be a whistleblower for an organisation that avoids public transparency, reporting on and scrutiny of its own practices.
This book examines how insufficient policies can lead to the alleged abuse of power in organisations. When independent ethical structures and processes are missing or weak, practices of abuse, misconduct and cover-ups can easily arise at the leadership level. Even organisations that specialise in good governance are no exception, as illustrated by this case study on arguably the world¿s most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI).

Written by the former Managing Director of Transparency International, this book chronicles its ethical breakdown over a 5-year period starting in 2015. By comparing TI¿s whistleblower policies with its internal whistleblower practices, it demonstrates how the organisation gradually became trapped in a vicious cycle of secrecy, corruption and lies.
The author chronologically tracks TI¿s practices, drawing on 12 whistleblower complaints filed with TI since 2017, as well as communications with TI, international donor agencies, and other international civil society organisations from 2015 to 2020 to do so. The chronological format aptly reveals the snowball effect that ethical weaknesses can create over time, as well as the emotional warfare that whistleblowers are typically subjected to. The unfolding chronology also shows what it means to be a whistleblower for an organisation that avoids public transparency, reporting on and scrutiny of its own practices.
Über den Autor

Cobus de Swardt has served as (global) Managing Director of Transparency International for 10 years, and prior to that, as an academic at universities on four continents. Throughout his career he has sought to combine his professional expertise with social activism; his TEDx speech is an example. As an activist, he was imprisoned in South Africa under the Apartheid Detention laws. He learned a great deal from the experience, also about his weaknesses and the need to critically reflect on his own actions. Taken together, his professional expertise, personal experiences and his deep belief in social justice and moral integrity are what led him to write this book.

Zusammenfassung

Reveals the breakdown of whistleblower protection at an organisation that is ostensibly a world leader in the area

Presents a detailed case study on the abuse of power at the world's most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI)

Unfolds the chronology of what it means to be a whistleblower

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Saturday 1 May 2004: Berlin.- 1993-2020: TI: A Short History of Holding the Powerful to Account.- October 2014 - December 2016: Breakdown of Ethical Conduct.- January - 14 March 2017: Organisational Coup.- 15 March - May 2017: Becoming a Whistleblower.- June - September 2017: Fire a Whistleblower.- October - December 2017: New Beginning.- January - September 2018: Avoid Responsibility.- 8-20 October 2018: Criminalise Whistleblowing.- 21 October 2018 - June 2019: Celebrate Whistleblowers.- July 2019: Accountable Now.- August 2019 - May 2020: Manage Independent Investigations.- 2 June 2020 - 19 March 2021: 'Mission Accomplished'.- WBC Day 1480: 10 April 2021: Reflections.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xxxi
293 S.
3 s/w Illustr.
12 farbige Illustr.
293 p. 15 illus.
12 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030765392
ISBN-10: 3030765393
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: De Swardt, Cobus
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Maße: 235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Cobus De Swardt
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,499 kg
Artikel-ID: 119848490
Über den Autor

Cobus de Swardt has served as (global) Managing Director of Transparency International for 10 years, and prior to that, as an academic at universities on four continents. Throughout his career he has sought to combine his professional expertise with social activism; his TEDx speech is an example. As an activist, he was imprisoned in South Africa under the Apartheid Detention laws. He learned a great deal from the experience, also about his weaknesses and the need to critically reflect on his own actions. Taken together, his professional expertise, personal experiences and his deep belief in social justice and moral integrity are what led him to write this book.

Zusammenfassung

Reveals the breakdown of whistleblower protection at an organisation that is ostensibly a world leader in the area

Presents a detailed case study on the abuse of power at the world's most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI)

Unfolds the chronology of what it means to be a whistleblower

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Saturday 1 May 2004: Berlin.- 1993-2020: TI: A Short History of Holding the Powerful to Account.- October 2014 - December 2016: Breakdown of Ethical Conduct.- January - 14 March 2017: Organisational Coup.- 15 March - May 2017: Becoming a Whistleblower.- June - September 2017: Fire a Whistleblower.- October - December 2017: New Beginning.- January - September 2018: Avoid Responsibility.- 8-20 October 2018: Criminalise Whistleblowing.- 21 October 2018 - June 2019: Celebrate Whistleblowers.- July 2019: Accountable Now.- August 2019 - May 2020: Manage Independent Investigations.- 2 June 2020 - 19 March 2021: 'Mission Accomplished'.- WBC Day 1480: 10 April 2021: Reflections.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
Genre: Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik: Wissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: xxxi
293 S.
3 s/w Illustr.
12 farbige Illustr.
293 p. 15 illus.
12 illus. in color.
ISBN-13: 9783030765392
ISBN-10: 3030765393
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: De Swardt, Cobus
Auflage: 1st ed. 2021
Hersteller: Springer International Publishing
Springer International Publishing AG
Maße: 235 x 155 x 18 mm
Von/Mit: Cobus De Swardt
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.09.2021
Gewicht: 0,499 kg
Artikel-ID: 119848490
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