Question

Unit 8

10. Explain the ethical dilemma faced by whistleblowing.

Answer 1

Answer)
The whistleblowing reveals the illegal or the unethical activities which the employees reveal to outsiders or agencies leaking information which are supposed to stay within the company. There are many moral and ethical dilemma which can be faced by the whistleblowing which consists of:
There is manager's and upper management disapproval in whistleblowing in many cases where the employees' whistleblowing disrupts the hierarchy of the power in the company.
Co-workers and the same level of the employees may or may not approve of the decision of the employees' whistleblowing, thus this can create problems for employees and also the company.
The whistleblowing can affect the employees personally as it can disrupt his work, he may look bad for what he has done or what his true intentions were of the whistleblowing.
The loyalty to the company is also being in question as the employee to blow assessed to blow the whistle or keep quiet.
The credibility of the employee's whistleblowing can get hurt due to lack of enough proof or wrongdoing proofs and lack of legitimate evidence which can prove that there were illegal and immoral activities happening in the company.