The Law of Whistleblowing

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The Law of Whistleblowing Kathleen Clark Washington University in St. Louis American Society for Public Administration New Orleans March 14, 2013

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Slides from presentation to Workshop on Ethics & Quality of Governance - American Society for Public Administration 2013 Annual Meeting

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The Law of

Whistleblowing Kathleen Clark

Washington University in St. Louis

American Society for Public Administration

New Orleans

March 14, 2013

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The Law of

Whistleblowing White Paper

for

Government Accountability Project

(GAP)

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Whistleblowing

insider’sdisclosure

of

alleged wrongdoing

to

prevent harm or

hold wrongdoers accountable

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Whistleblowing Law

1. Require disclosure

2. Prohibit retaliation

3. Compensate for retaliation

4. Require institutions to facilitate

5. Provide financial incentives

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Compensation for RetaliationLargely Ineffective

Financial Incentives Effective

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Financial Incentives

False Claims Act

Dodd Frank – SEC Whistleblower Program

IRS Whistleblower Program

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Themes

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Scope

- Public - Private

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Violations of:

- Specific: - Statutes - Regulations- Contracts- Criminal Law

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Recipient

- internal - external

- law enforcement- NGO- media

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Recipient

- internal - external

- law enforcement- NGO- media

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Character

- Motivation - Clean hands

- law enforcement- NGO- media

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Identity

- Confidential - Anonymous

- law enforcement- NGO- media

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Control

- Whistleblower - Agency

- law enforcement- NGO- media

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Perspective

Accountability

Mechanism

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The Law of

Whistleblowing Kathleen Clark

[email protected]

American Society for Public Administration

New Orleans

March 14, 2013