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Whistle blowers

LC control no.sh2020000332
Topical headingWhistle blowers
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Variant(s)Whistleblowers
See alsoInformers
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Scope noteHere are entered works on informers who call public attention to waste, mismanagement, or corruption in government, industry, the military, etc.
Found inWork cat: Kongik chebo haji maseyo, 2019 (Includes interviews with people who exposed secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal or unethical within an organization, military, school, research institute, etc. in South Korea; it shows their condition of life and hardship they had to encounter after their action.)
Fleitmanlaw website, viewed Apr. 12, 2021 (What's the Difference Between a Whistleblower and an Informant? A whistleblower is a legal term for an employee who reports his or her employer's violation of the law to authorities. An informant is a more generic term, which could also include individuals who report a wrongdoer to settle a personal score)
Merriam-Webster dictionary, viewed online Apr. 12, 2021 (whistleblowers or whistle-blowers: one who reveals something covert or who informs against another; especially : an employee who brings wrongdoing by an employer or by other employees to the attention of a government or law enforcement agency)