ABSTRACT
This chapter explains screen whistle blowing policies using the grid development. It looks at the evolution of legitimation attempts for whistle blowing in countries that have legislation in force specifically and explicitly aimed at whistle blowing respectively the US, Australia, New Zealand, the UK, South Africa and Belgium. The chapter then looks at countries with legislations passing through parliament, includes Netherlands, Ireland, Canada, and India. It explains the screen whistle blowing policies recommended by intergovernmental bodies the OECD, the European Commission, and the Council of Europe. Legislative initiatives in the US that do come in reach of being a whistle blowing policy are to be found in what Callahan and Dworkin have called adjunct statutes. These provide protection to whistleblowers through statutes designed to address a particular problem. Protection against reprisal was included in the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978. The OECD Principles of Corporate Governance put the issue of whistle-blowing under the header of the role of stakeholders.
