WHISTLEBLOWING AND ETHICS IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
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WHISTLE
BLOWING
AND ETHICS IN
HEALTH AND
SOCIAL CARE
ANGIE ASH
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
London and Philadelphia
First published in 2016
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Copyright © Angie Ash 2016
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This book is dedicated to the men and women who speak out about corruption, wrongdoing and injustice, and to those who stand by them when they do.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I am grateful to colleagues and scholars who generously supplied me with some of their work: Professor Guy B. Adams, University of Missouri; Professor Janet Near, Indiana University; Dr Joseph A. Petrick, Wright State University; Professor Linda K. Treviño, The Pennsylvania State University.
Professor David Lewis of Middlesex University kindly helped me understand a little better provisions of the UK’s 1998 Public Interest Disclosure Act. Remaining legal blunders are entirely mine.
Fi Powell and Monmouthshire County Council libraries and information services always went the extra mile to locate material and provide information for me. They provide a truly outstanding public service.
And finally my warm thanks and great appreciation to Barrie for standing by my writing about speaking out, with all that was entailed along the way.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER 1 THE PARADOX OF WHISTLEBLOWING
