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Business ethics: Encouraging whistle blowing

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ENCOURAGING WHISTLE BLOWING 2

Business ethics: Encouraging whistle blowing

In the article, Zhang, Liao, and Yuan observe that whistle blowing is a significant

organizational control mechanism through which employees can expose misconduct and

corruption at work, especially in an age when such cases are prevalent. The study concentrated

on the process through which ethical leadership encourages or discourages employees to report

non-compliant misdeeds internally (Zhang, Liao &Yuan, 2016). The methodology comprised

collecting data through a survey distributed to the participants who were leader-member pairs

and working in a large division of the Southern China’s central bank. The results—, which were

analyzed by the hierarchical linear modeling—established that ethical leadership positively

correlated to internal whistle blowing by the subordinates (Zhang et al., 2016). For effective

results, the researchers controlled the ethical climate and established that an ethical environment

that comprehensively arbitrated the association between internal whistle blowing and ethical

leadership hugely influenced collective moral commitment.

In my opinion, the findings from this research underscore the need for organization

leaders to instill an ethical leadership that allows employees to report irregular work activities

such as corruption and discrimination. Sometimes, employees fail to report corrupt practices

because they fear no one will listen to them or that the management is involved as well. It

demonstrates that when employees feel safe and encouraged to expose wrongdoings within the

company, they can whistle blow early enough for appropriate actions to be taken to avert the

situation. In other words, it is the role of the management to cultivate an ethical social

environment. Accordingly, employees feel protected and part of the organization culture that

promotes good work practices, integrity, and accountability. Given the methodology the

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Running head: ENCOURAGING WHISTLE BLOWING Business ethics: Encouraging whistle blowing Name Institution 1 ENCOURAGING WHISTLE BLOWING 2 Business ethics: Encouraging whistle blowing In the article, Zhang, Liao, and Yuan observe that whistle blowing is a significant organizational control mechanism through which employees can expose misconduct and corruption at work, especially in an age when such cases are prevalent. The study concentrated on the process through which ethical leadership encourages or discourages employees to report non-compliant misdeeds internally (Zhang, Liao &Yuan, 2016). The methodology comprised collecting data through a survey distributed to the participants who were leader-member pairs and working in a large division of the Southern China’s central bank. The results—, which were analyzed by the hierarchical linear modeling—established that ethical leadership positively correlated to internal whistle blowing by the subordinates (Zhang et al., 2016). For effective results, the researchers controlled the ethical climate and established that an ethical environment that comprehensively arbitrated the association between internal whistle blowing and eth ...
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