Overview
Addresses policymakers, researchers, whistleblowers and those who are interested in a just society.
Explores cases of whistleblowing from around the world
Considers ways in which whistleblowers and organizations could be supported to promote the public interest
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Reviews
For many years Tina Uys pioneered a lonely intellectual path on whistleblowing in South Africa. Today against the background of headlines and popular books Uys brings her accumulated knowledge to bear on the subject with precision and compassion as she sensitively explores the biographies of whistleblowers. While referees in soccer matches have VAR as back-up, those who blow the whistle on corporate and state corruption have little support. By placing whistleblowing within the lens of social justice Uys makes us see the phenomenon in new ways, turning what is often isolated as private troubles into a public issue.
Professor Ashwin Desai, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
In Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination Professor Tina Uys shows that men and women who courageously expose organizational misbehaviour have too often been outrageously mistreated. This brilliant clinical sociologist asks what can be done to improve matters? She argues for more ethical workplaces with open communication channels cultivating mutual trust to the benefit of all. Enjoy the skilful analysis of an accomplished practitioner at the height of her powers. Professor Dennis Smith, Loughborough University, UKProfessor Uys provides an amazing amount of information about whistleblowing in a number of countries, particularly focusing on cases in the United States and South Africa. The book is a "must read" for whistleblowers as well as companies and governments that are looking to improve their organizational processes. The book also will be of interest to professors, graduate students, researchers and community members who are concerned about illegal, unsafe or wasteful practices in any private, public or government organization.
Jan Marie Fritz, University of Cincinnati, USA
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Tina Uys is Professor of Sociology at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is a certified clinical sociologist (C.C.S.) who focuses on advancing our understanding of whistleblowing and putting appropriate national and organizational policies and procedures in place to support whistleblowers and encourage organizational excellence. Her previous positions include Vice-President of the International Sociological Association (ISA), President of ISA's clinical sociology division and President of the South African Sociological Association. She was a Fulbright Scholar in the United States at George Washington University in Washington, DC, and the University of Cincinnati. The South African National Research Foundation rates her as an Internationally Acclaimed Researcher.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Whistleblowing and the Sociological Imagination
Authors: Tina Uys
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-39445-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-39971-7Published: 13 November 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-39445-3Published: 21 December 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 252
Topics: Sociology of Work, Social Theory, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Ethics, Moral Philosophy, Human Resource Management