ABSTRACT

Whistleblowing, Communication and Consequences offers the first in-depth analysis of the most publicized, and morally complex, case of whistleblowing in recent European history: the Norwegian national lottery, Norsk Tipping.

With contributions from the whistleblower himself, as well as from key voices in the field, this book offers unique perspectives and insights into not only this fascinating case, but into whistleblowing and wrongdoing in organizations more broadly. An international team of scholars use fourteen different theoretical lenses to show the complex and multi-faceted nature of whistleblowing. The book begins with an ethnographic account by the whistleblower story and proceeds into an analysis of the literature and conceptual topics related to that whistleblowing incident to present the lessons that can be learnt from this extreme example of institutional failure.

This fascinating, complex, and multi-theoretical book will be of great interest to scholars, students and industry leaders in the areas of public relations, corporate communication, leadership, corporate social responsibility, whistleblowing and organizational resistance.

The Open Access version of this book, available at https://www.tandfebooks.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

part I|28 pages

Introduction

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chapter 2|14 pages

Whistleblowing, Voice, and Monomythology

The Prospect for Analysis

part II|49 pages

What Goes Wrong?

chapter 3|15 pages

Truth-Telling and Organizational Democracy

The Rhetoric of Whistleblowing as an Act of Parrhesia
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chapter 4|15 pages

Smothered by Paradoxes and Swamped by Procedures

The Legal Context of the Case
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part III|58 pages

How Does It Happen?

chapter 6|12 pages

Sensemaking and Whistleblowing

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chapter 8|12 pages

Chronotopic Distinctions in Whistleblowing Events

X-Rays of Power and Sustaining Values
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chapter 9|15 pages

Whistleblowing

Making a Weak Signal Stronger
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part IV|46 pages

What Makes Whistleblowing a Risky Business?

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chapter 12|19 pages

Norsk Tipping’s Loneliest Stakeholder

Crisis, Issues, and the Stakeholder Voice
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part V|46 pages

How to Encourage Employees to Report Wrongdoing

chapter 14|13 pages

Culture Eats Control for Breakfast

The Difficulty of Designing Management Systems for Whistleblowing
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part VI|11 pages

Epilogue

chapter 16|9 pages

Epilogue

God and Devil, Hero and Villain, and the Long Journey Ahead
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