The emotional tail wags the rational dog. This is especially true in group dynamics. You only have to look at the Asch, Milgram and the Stanford Prison experiments to see this in action. A look back at history only confirms that from a social psychological viewpoint, our drive to conform is stronger than our drive […]
The quick and easy answer is because if we don't learn how to SPEAKOUT our species is doomed to go out without a Squeak. And the longer answer - Individuals need to notice the emergency of current world issues, which can be hindered by distractions or preoccupation. They need to classify the status as an emergency, […]
Are organisations placating themselves with a tick box exercise of having an internal whistleblowing process in house? If so, they do not understand that it is human behaviour that drives any process. Finding your voice to Speak Out against wrongdoing is not yet a social norm. Providing the tools & a process, through training, to […]
Wendy Addison helps Whistleblowers By Poala van de Velde AMSTERDAM – Like no other, Wendy Addison knows what Edward Snowden, who this week blew the whistle on extensive eavesdropping and mail-reading practices, is going through. ´He is literally running for his live´. Wendy is a whistleblower as well and paid a huge price for […]
In the book Republic, Plato 1974, Glaucon's view is that we should trust others only if we are confident that they fear detection and punishment sufficiently to deter them from harming us. It is only relatively recently that we have seen the introduction of legislation which recognises the importance of whistleblowing and the need to […]
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