Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences

Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences offers the first in-depth analysis of the most publicized, and morally complex, case of whistleblowing in recent European history: the Norwegian national lottery, Norsk Tipping.

Autorentext

Peer Jacob Svenkerud, (PhD Ohio University), is Professor and Dean at the School of Business and Social Sciences, Inland University of Applied Sciences, Norway.

Jan-Oddvar Sørnes, Ph.D., Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Organizational Communication, Nord University, Business School.

Larry Browning, Ph. D., The Ohio State University, Professor Emeritus, William P. Hobby Centennial Professor of Communication, Department of Communication Studies, University of Texas at Austin, Moody College of Communication and Adjunct Professor of Management, Nord University Business School, Bodø, Norway.

Klappentext

Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences offers the first in-depth analysis of the most publicized, and morally complex, case of whistleblowing in recent European history: the Norwegian national lottery, Norsk Tipping. With contributions from the whistleblower himself, as well as from key voices in the field, this book offers unique perspectives and insights into not only this fascinating case, but into whistleblowing and wrongdoing in organizations more broadly. An international team of scholars use fourteen different theoretical lenses to show the complex and multi-faceted nature of whistleblowing. The book begins with an ethnographic account by the whistleblower story and proceeds into an analysis of the literature and conceptual topics related to that whistleblowing incident to present the lessons that can be learnt from this extreme example of institutional failure. This fascinating, complex, and multi-theoretical book will be of great interest to scholars, students and industry leaders in the areas of public relations, corporate communication, leadership, corporate social responsibility, whistleblowing and organizational resistance. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Inhalt

Part I: Introduction 1. **Alone against the organization - Peer´s whistle-blower Story 2. Whistleblowing, Voice, and Monomythology PART II: What Goes Wrong? 3. The rhetorical conditions of whistleblowing as a public act of parrhesia 4. Smothered by paradoxes and swamped by proceedures 5. Whistleblowing, identity construction, and strategic communication PART III: How Does It Happened 6. Sense-making and Whistleblowing 7. Ethical Blindness as an Explanation for Non-reporting of Organizational Wrongdoing 8. Chronotopic Distinctions in Whistleblowing Events: X-Rays of Power and Sustaining Values 9. Whistleblowing: Making a Weak Signal Stronger PART IV: What Makes Whistleblowing a Risky Business? 10. Blowing the Whistle is Laden with Risk 11. Hero or "Prince of Darkness"? Locating Peer Jacob Svenkerud in an attributions-based typology of whistleblowers 12. Norsk Tipping's loneliest stakeholder PART V: How to encourage employees to report wrongdoing? 13. The Influence of Psychological Contracts on Decision-making in Whistleblowing Processes 14. Culture Eats Control for Breakfast 15. Whistleblowing as a Means of (Re)Constituting an Organization Part VI: Epilogue** 16. Epilogue: God and Devil, Hero and Villain, and the Long Journey Ahead