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02922aam a2200361Ii 4500 001 B5EEC04EA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220317010139 008 210426t20212021sz a b 000 0 eng d 020 $a 9783030765392 020 $a 3030765393 035 $a (OCoLC)1247672456 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d YDX $d OCLCO $d SILO 050 4 $a JF1525.W45 $b D4 2021 100 1 $a De Swardt, Cobus, $e author. 245 10 $a Silencing a whistleblower : $b a story of hypocrisy / $c Cobus de Swardt ; foreword by Beatrice Edwards, former executive director of the Government Accountability Project. 264 1 $a Cham : $b Springer, $c [2021] 300 $a xxxi, 293 pages : $b illustrations (chiefly color) ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references. 520 $a This book examines how insufficient policies can lead to the alleged abuse of power in organisations. When independent ethical structures and processes are missing or weak, practices of abuse, misconduct and cover-ups can easily arise at the leadership level. Even organisations that specialise in good governance are no exception, as illustrated by this case study on arguably the world's most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI). Written by the former Managing Director of Transparency International, this book chronicles its ethical breakdown over a 5-year period starting in 2015. By comparing TI's whistleblower policies with its internal whistleblower practices, it demonstrates how the organisation gradually became trapped in a vicious cycle of secrecy, corruption and lies. The author chronologically tracks TI's practices, drawing on 12 whistleblower complaints filed with TI since 2017, as well as communications with TI, international donor agencies, and other international civil society organisations from 2015 to 2020 to do so. The chronological format aptly reveals the snowball effect that ethical weaknesses can create over time, as well as the emotional warfare that whistleblowers are typically subjected to. The unfolding chronology also shows what it means to be a whistleblower for an organisation that avoids public transparency, reporting on and scrutiny of its own practices. 610 20 $a Transparency International. 610 27 $a Transparency International. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00725315 650 0 $a Whistle blowing $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Corporations $x Corrupt practices $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Business ethics $v Case studies. 650 7 $a Business ethics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00842675 650 7 $a Corporations $x Corrupt practices. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00879825 650 7 $a Whistle blowing. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01174586 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01423765 655 7 $a Case studies. $2 lcgft 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20230517010856.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=B5EEC04EA5B811ECBC4A196C2DECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search