Whistleblowing

I'm your study tutor, and today we're diving into one of the most thought-provoking studies on the entire OCR specification, Bocchiaro, Zimbardo, and Van Lange, published in twenty twelve.

The study is called Disobedience and Whistleblowing, and I promise you, by the end of this episode, you'll not only understand it inside out, but you'll also know exactly how to write about it in your exam to pick up every available mark.

So let's get started.

First, let me set the scene.

Disobedience means refusing to comply with the request.

You don't write the statement.

Whistleblowing means actively reporting the wrongdoing to an authority.

You use the forms to contact the research committee.

This is the exact space where whistleblowing lives.

Yes.

Whistleblowing is inherently an act of disloyalty against your employer's immediate financial or reputational interest.

But it is entirely justified and protected when the purpose of the whistleblowing is to protect clients or to protect the integrity of the capital markets.

Notice the phrasing you just used there, when the purpose is.