Browsing by Author "Perkkiö, Sara"

As whistleblowing becomes an increasingly global phenomenon, states rally to gather a coherent set of whistleblower legislation and to put guardrails in place and protect those involved in the process. Being a whistleblower requires immense courage, and the people who decide to blow the whistle, are often the target of some measure of repercussion, either from their organization or colleagues. A lot of research has been conducted into whistleblowing from different angles, but this is often limited to countries where whistleblowing has been a culturally established phenomenon for longer periods of time. This text explores the situation within Swedish governmental branches by analyzing the results of the study TYST STAT (silent state). The emphasis here will be on the overarching holistic attitude for and towards whistleblowing within the government branches, as well as the perceived acceptance of directing criticism towards organization operations. In the frame of this text, results will be viewed and woven into the theoretical concepts of loyalty and previously established research. The results showed that there are many indeed within governmental organizations that feel like reporting irregularities or directing criticism towards their organization is not acceptable, and from a loyalty perspective the causes showed proof of voluntary and involuntary relations, moving vertical as well as horizontal.