whistle-blowing

whistle-blowing
N-UNCOUNT: oft N n
Whistle-blowing is the act of telling the authorities or the public that the organization you are working for is doing something immoral or illegal.

It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.

...a 144-page report which confirmed everything the whistle-blowing civil servant had alleged.


English dictionary. 2008.

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