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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Professor Martin Gore -- Preface by Sir Anthony Seldon -- Preface by Joanna Seldon -- Introduction: When doctors become torturers: why the whistle had to blow -- Chapter One: From Lomza to Liverpool: a healer's hinterland -- Chapter Two: Roots and branches: a family in search of home -- Chapter Three: Prejudice and pride: a doctor at war and peace -- Chapter Four: Guru and showman: a great teacher at work -- Chapter Five: Breaking the silence: a rebel and his cause -- Chapter Six: The whistle blows: the book and the storm -- Chapter Seven: The patient's champion, the doctor's conscience: a career in controversy -- Chapter Eight: Gratitude and solitude: a prophet honoured and a man alone -- Conclusion: The Pappworth legacy: compassion, courage, attention -- Afterword: Our father, Maurice Pappworth -- Index.

Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing their willingness to report. Evidence on the effectiveness of such legislation is, however, scarce. Moreover, critics have raised worries about fraudulent claims by low-productivity employees. We study these issues in a theory-guided lab experiment. Easily attainable ("belief-based") protection indeed leads to more reports, both truthful and fraudulent. Fraudulent claims dilute prosecutors' incentives to investigate, and thereby hamper deterrence. These effects are ameliorated under more stringent ("fact-based") protection.

Whistle-blowing by employees plays a major role in uncovering corporate fraud. Various recent laws aim at improving protection of whistle-blowers and enhancing their willingness to report. Evidence on the effectiveness of such legislation is, however, scarce. Moreover, critics have raised worries about fraudulent claims by low-productivity employees. We study these issues in a theory-guided lab experiment. Easily attainable ("belief-based") protection indeed leads to more reports, both truthful and fraudulent. Fraudulent claims dilute prosecutors' incentives to investigate, and thereby hamper deterrence. These effects are ameliorated under more stringent ("fact-based") protection.

Der vom FSB viele Monate ohne Anklage in Haft gehaltene frühere Marineoffizier Aleksandr Nikitin gilt vielen als der erste politische Gefangene des postsozialistischen Rußland. Nikitin wurde aufgrund seiner Koautorschaft an dem Bericht der norwegischen Umweltschutzorganisation Bellona über die von ausgesonderten oder untergegangenen russischen Atom-U-Booten ausgehenden radioaktiven Strahlengefahren inhaftiert und schließlich des Hochverrats angeklagt. Der u.a. auf einem persönlichen Gespräch mit Nikitin basierende Beitrag zeichnet die Entwicklung dieses Falls nach und beleuchtet dessen ökologischen, rechtlichen und gesellschaftlichen Aspekte. (BIOst-Mrk)

Whistle-blower protection mechanisms (WPMs) play a critically significant role in combating corruption through ethics, corporate governance and statutes. This article examines the essence of whistle-blower mechanism existing in the developed and developing countries in order to unearth the legislative structure of countries supporting the whistle blower mechanism and pursuit of ethical conduct for sound corporate governance. The article attempts to identify, evaluate and analyse the attributes of whistle-blower mechanism across nations and finds that despite off-symmetric attributes, the mechanisms are asymmetric specific to the countries' corporate culture. It has also been found that most significant attribute of a sound whistle-blower mechanism is the level of protection provided to the whistle-blowers followed by coverage of sectors, anonymity and the regulator of whistle-blowing complaints in the country. The attributes vary widely across nations on the basis of coverage of sectors, anonymity withheld and the level of protection, with United States of America delivering the best protection to whistle-blowers trailed by Australian whistle-blower protection laws and then South Africa; India, China and Indonesia lag considerably behind in having a sound whistle-blower mechanism.