Ethical Dilemmas in ICT: A Whistleblowing Case Study

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Whistle blowing for
ICT Professionals

Table of Content
• Slide 3: Challenges
• Slide 4: Solutions
• Slide 5: Views
• Slide 6: Conclusion
• Slide 7: Reference List

Challenges faced by information system
professionals
• Information system professionals
including IT managers, implementers of
security protocol, and designers of
software are facing numerous challenges
in their workplace
• Some IT employees are laid off or
dismissed due to their involvement in
whistleblowing. The situation gets worse
when employees face psychological
harassment (Transparency.org, 2019).
• Whistleblowers are ostracized in their
organisations and deal with the dilemma
of saving the employer from reputational
damage or stepping forward when
something unusual happens.

Solutions to deal with Whistleblowing
• Organisations may develop and
enable appropriate channels
including internet links,
suggestion box, phone lines
and emails to crater the
problems of employees (Miceli,
Near, & Dworkin, 2013).
• Apart from this, IT managers
are prioritising data analytics in
order to respond to fraud
activities quickly.

Views
• In my view, society needs to take
the necessary steps in order to
deal with the consequences of
whistleblowing in the future. I
found that the Public Interest
Disclosure Act 1998 (PIDA) is the
law designed to protect
employees, who become aware of
unlawful activities performed in
an organization
(Pdfs.semanticscholar.org, 2019).
• By taking professional and legal
advice, it will become easier to
handle consequences of
whistleblowing.

Conclusion
• As per the above discussion, it is found that every
organisation needs to manage the challenges
involved with whistleblowing
• Whistleblowers face many troubles when they
disclose some relevant information. Managers may
fire or harass them in the workplace
• Abiding with PIDA Act is mandatory for all
corporations to manage such situations in an
effective way.

Reference List
• app.croneri.co.uk. (2019). App.croneri.co.uk.
Retrieved 4 January 2019, from
https://app.croneri.co.uk/feature-articles/how-deal-
problem-whistleblowing
• Hussien, M., & Yamanaka, T. (2017). Whistleblowing
at work Can ICT encourage whistleblowing?. Joho
Chishiki Gakkaishi, 27(2), 150-154.
• jobsite.co.uk (2019). Jobsite Worklife. Retrieved 4
January 2019, from
https://www.jobsite.co.uk/worklife/how-to-handle-
whistleblowers-19977/
• Miceli, M. P., Near, J. P., & Dworkin, T. M.
(2013). Whistle-blowing in organizations. Psychology