ABSTRACT
Tracing legitimation of whistleblowing through whistleblowing policies laid down in legislation implies two types of data that can be used: whistleblowing legislation and discussions leading up to whistleblowing legislation. The research question was inspired by a suspicion that whistleblowing activism might have backlashed into a managerial tool. This chapter aims to answer the question whether or not whistleblowing policies resolve the conflict between organization and society, in terms of what kind of whistleblowing is put forward by the respective policies as legitimate. Assessing whistleblowing policies through these questions implicates that justifications of whistleblowing protection and encouragement as given in policy documents will have to be placed in the context of current discourses of organization and society. If whistleblowing is not done more often than before, then the reason for the growing attention for the issue might be that whistleblowers have become attractive as a source of information.
