Whistleblower Laws: State or Federal Protection?

Abstract

This article will discuss the unique complexities associated with whistleblower laws and programs in the United States. It will focus on discussion of the myriad of current federal and state laws created because of concern over risks in this area. The goal of this article is to compare state and federal legislation, for the purpose of identifying the states that offer the best protection to whistleblowers as well as identifying any states that offer better protection to whistleblowers than federal law currently provides.

State of Whistleblowing Research: A Thematic Analysis

“…Most of the studies were in the US context as a unit of analysis. Within this, few studies have compared the federal legislation with the state legislature and attempted to identify any states that offer better protection to whistleblowers than federal law currently provides (Goza, Tyner, & Johnson, 2014). Merely one paper under this theme has published in Indian journal where it has been revealed that legislation for whistleblower protection vary widely across nations with the US A delivering the best protection to whistleblowers trailed by Australian whistleblower protection laws and, then, South Africa; India, China and Indonesia lag considerably behind in having a sound whistleblower mechanism (Sharma, Kanojia, & Sachdeva, 2018).…”

A Study on the External Auditor’s Demographic Factors and Whistle-Blowing Intention

“…According to Goza (2014), whistle-blowing is an act with the intention of the disclosure with the organisation's information that related to wrongdoings. However, Agbeja and Sokunle (2016) said that whistle-blowing action is an exposure to wrongful and unauthorised act that is then placed under control by authorised people in charge.…”