Whistleblowing and Freedom of Expression in Working Life
Comparative Perspectives
Will be published approx. on 6. July 2026
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200 pages
978-1-80686-888-9 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
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English
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Bingley
United Kingdom
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College/higher education
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Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
272 gr
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978-1-80686-888-9 (9781806868889)
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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.
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.
Content
Chapter 1. Introduction; David Lewis, Sissel C. Trygstad, and Wim Vandekerckhove
Chapter 2. Seizing the Means of Expression: Whistleblowing as the Dialectic of Freedom and Power; Nkosana Sithole kaMiya
Chapter 3. Varieties of Capitalism and the Institutionalization of Whistleblowing: Centralization and Civil Society Engagement; Wim Vandekerckhove and Kim Loyens
Chapter 4. Do Institutional Arrangements Matter for a More Friendly Whistleblowing Environment?; Sissel C. Trygstad, Anne-Mette Odegard, and Fredrik Engelstad
Chapter 5. The Transposition of the EU Whistleblowing Directive: What Role Does National Legislation in the Member States Envisage for Trade Unions?; David Lewis
Chapter 6. EU Directive on Whistleblowing and the Transposition Process in Denmark and Norway; Natalie Videbaek Munkholm and Anne-Mette Odegard
Chapter 7. Critical Comparison of the Transposition of Sanctioning Measures in The Directive (EU) 2019/1937 Into the National Law of Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands; Kristien Verbraeken
Chapter 8. Trying to Blow the Whistle: Italy's Struggles with the Transposition of the EU Directive; Alessia Rizzo
Chapter 9. Comparative Analysis of the Incentives and Disincentives to Report Corruption: A Comparison Between the Spanish and Italian Cases; Maria Cristina Fernandez-Gonzalez
Chapter 2. Seizing the Means of Expression: Whistleblowing as the Dialectic of Freedom and Power; Nkosana Sithole kaMiya
Chapter 3. Varieties of Capitalism and the Institutionalization of Whistleblowing: Centralization and Civil Society Engagement; Wim Vandekerckhove and Kim Loyens
Chapter 4. Do Institutional Arrangements Matter for a More Friendly Whistleblowing Environment?; Sissel C. Trygstad, Anne-Mette Odegard, and Fredrik Engelstad
Chapter 5. The Transposition of the EU Whistleblowing Directive: What Role Does National Legislation in the Member States Envisage for Trade Unions?; David Lewis
Chapter 6. EU Directive on Whistleblowing and the Transposition Process in Denmark and Norway; Natalie Videbaek Munkholm and Anne-Mette Odegard
Chapter 7. Critical Comparison of the Transposition of Sanctioning Measures in The Directive (EU) 2019/1937 Into the National Law of Ireland, Belgium and the Netherlands; Kristien Verbraeken
Chapter 8. Trying to Blow the Whistle: Italy's Struggles with the Transposition of the EU Directive; Alessia Rizzo
Chapter 9. Comparative Analysis of the Incentives and Disincentives to Report Corruption: A Comparison Between the Spanish and Italian Cases; Maria Cristina Fernandez-Gonzalez