Origin of term
U.S. civic activist Ralph Nader is said to have coined the phrase in the early 1970s in order to avoid the negative … See more

Legal protection for whistleblowers varies from country to country and may depend on the country of the original activity, where and how secrets were revealed, and how they … See more

Whistleblowers who may be at risk from those they are exposing are now using encryption methods and anonymous content-sharing software to protect their identity. See more

One of the subplots for season 6 of the popular American TV show The Office focuses on Andy Bernard, a salesman, discovering that his company's printers catch on fire, his … See more

• Informant
• Supergrass (informer)
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• Complaint system See more

• Alford, C. Fred (2001). Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-3841-7.
• Arnold, Jason Ross (2019). Whistleblowers, Leakers, and Their Networks: From Snowden to Samizdat See more

• Ed Yong (28 November 2013). "3 ways to blow the whistle" (PDF). Nature Vol 503.
• Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 Archived 16 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine See more