OECD Labour/Management Programme, Whistleblowing to Combat Corruption (2000)
This paper followed an Organisations for Economic and Co-operation Development (OECD) meeting considering whistleblowing and how it may assist the fight against corruption. It posed three fundamental questions: whether whistleblowing is desirable; whether it should be encouraged; and the extent to which the interests of governments, unions, businesses and the wider public align on this issue.
Participants agreed that across Europe clearer signals on whistleblowing were needed, with cultural problems proving a barrier to this. The business and labour sectors agreed that robust internal whistleblowing mechanisms were essential. It was agreed that whistleblowing was a vital issue for the OECD to address, and further research on the practicalities of whistleblowing was suggested.