Author(s)

Xi Duan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ School of Archiecture and Engineering, Tianfu College of Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, No. 2 Yuanxing West Street, Mianyang, Sichuan, China

Corresponding Author

Xi Duan

ABSTRACT

This paper explores the dynamics of how whistle-blowing reveals illegal or immoral acts practiced by education and business organizations and how power and influence affect the well-being of individuals within the industry. A set of literature along with several recognized cases of whistle-blowing is reviewed and the major factors are reviewed in this paper. The term whistle-blowing has been defined. Given the distinguishable nature of two organizations, it has been found that there are differences exist between whistleblowing in educational and business settings. The obstacles of being whistleblowers have been discussed besides excessive retaliation, which is usually their biggest concern when individuals blow the whistle. According to the results obtained from current research articles, organizations should have culturally appropriate programs or policies to eliminate cultural resistance, and more importantly, to create sound ethical practices so that employees do not fear to have to be a whistleblower.

KEYWORDS

Mental health, whistle blowing, education and business, retaliation

CITE THIS PAPER

Xi Duan, Ethics in Education and Business: Issues of Whistle-Blowing. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2023) Vol. 5: 20-24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2023.050204.

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