âMorality is extolledâeven enactedânot with an eye to producing a good and right outcome but in order to appear moral yet still benefit oneselfâ Research conducted on When Values and Behaviour Conflict asked a group of employees the following questions: âWhat are your most important moral values?â âWhat are some recent examples of things that [...]
Myths and Masks of Legislative Policy for Whistleblower Protection and how behavioural insights can assist in creating new standards of best practice. Over the last couple of weeks I participated in two events at opposite ends of the world, paralleled in focusing on whistleblowing and how to protect those who speak out. What became [...]
When people have the ability to voice their opinions and have formal processes available to them why do we so often see that they refrain from doing so? Several theories of group behaviour, from Janisâs (1972) groupthink to threat rigidity (Staw, Sandelands, & Dutton, 1981), have shown that forces come into play that often limit [...]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvUZQ_FRkak Virtue may have its place, but when the executioner's hand is near, weep your victim-hood as softly as you can. As a whistleblower who âwonâ an eleven year war of attrition and secured justice I have been released from the entrapment of victimhood although I have been victimised. My work involves tireless campaigning to [...]
I attended the StandUpForTruth event at Birbeck University last Monday. http://standupfortruth.org/ A panel of whistleblowers sat on stage sharing their own stories of speaking truth to power and the resultant pain of being punished for doing the right thing and in the public interest. They, like most whistleblowers, including myself had felt unprotected, betrayed and abandoned. The [...]
