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Police checkpoints liberally dot Kenya’s highways, but they’re not just about keeping road users safe.
An integrative cybersecurity and data protection program will help firms adjust their management protocols and be better prepared for future cybersecurity trends.
There is a growing trend to import another Americanism into the Canadian anti-money laundering strategy: a whistleblower incentive program that would amount to bounty hunting for violations.
The former national security adviser seems likely to be sued and could face criminal liability.
Psychologists have identified the characteristics of ‘moral rebels’ who make the tough choice to stand up for their principles in the face of negative consequences.
When a person or agency backed by the power and resources of the government tells a lie, it sometimes causes harm that only the government can inflict.
A former British whistleblower on the damage done when those who come forward with the truth are stigmatised.
Whistleblowers protect us. But who protects them?
A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.
The conflict between Congress and President Trump over his dealings with Ukraine’s president is just the latest version of a long-running struggle for power between the two branches of government.
Australian laws make it inevitable for whistleblowers to be charged whenever national security might be involved, even when the information is in the public interest.
Whistleblowing on doping can and does have life-altering implications for athletes – new research.
Workers are increasingly not keeping their employers’ secrets secret, as evidenced by the mass whistleblower event that is the #MeToo movement.
Aussie Farms’ have map showing locations where farms or producers treat animal cruelly has caused outrage with many claiming it is illegal. So, what does the law actually say about this?
Chelsea Manning’s disclosures on the Iraq war were major milestones in the emergence of the digital age whistleblower.
The government has a lot of work to do on it’s proposed foreign influence and official secrets laws to ensure they don’t prosecute whistleblowers.
Accounts and other tax professionals might face some awkward conflicts of interest thanks to the federal government’s proposed whistleblower laws.
Australian authorities are considering offering financial incentives for would-be whistleblowers to motivate them to come forward with high quality information.
Leaking classified information violates the law. But it doesn’t mean that people are abandoning their ethics.
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Professor of Public Policy & Law, Centre for Governance & Public Policy, Griffith University
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University
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Associate Professor of Law, University of Oregon
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Catholic University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancing Journalism, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus professor, University of Wollongong
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Associate Professor - Department of Accounting and Corporate Governance, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor, University of Sydney Business School, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Media, Film and Journalism, Monash University
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Pat McConnell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Visiting Fellow, Macquarie University Applied Finance Centre, Macquarie University
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Lecturer: Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Senior lecturer, University of Sydney
