Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life: Comparative Perspectives

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Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life examines how the right to blow the whistle is regulated across various national contexts. With contributors from Europe, the United States, Australia, and Africa, the chapters focus on factors that influence how different countries design and implement their whistleblower protection laws.

The book approaches the issues from a range of academic and methodological perspectives across labour law, political science, and sociology and including comparative institutional mapping, legal analysis, qualitative interviews, and surveys. Topics include attitudes to freedom of expression, trade union involvement, regulatory agencies, enforcement mandates, handling processes and comparative studies of transpositions of the EU Whistleblowing Directive (2019/1937).

A sharp volume of social research in this increasingly important area, this work will appeal to scholars of sociology, labour studies, political science and law.

David Lewis is Professor of Employment Law and Head of the Whistleblowing Research Unit at Middlesex University, UK. He has been researching the subject of employment protection for whistleblowers since 1993 and is the convenor of the International Whistleblowing Research Network.

Sissel C. Trygstad is a sociologist and Research Professor at Fafo, the Institute for Labour and Social Research in Oslo, Norway. She has conducted research on freedom of expression, whistleblowing and voice, and has written articles and books on these topics.

Wim Vandekerckhove is (Full) Professor of Business Ethics at EDHEC Business School, France. His expertise is in business ethics, trustworthiness, and whistleblowing. He led the development of ISO-37002:2021, the international standard for Whistleblowing Management Systems, and participated in developing BSI-25700 Organizational Responses to Modern Slavery.