PoliticsJuly 14, 2026
whistleblowing
/ˈwɪsəlˌbloʊɪŋ/
Definition
The act of reporting illegal, unethical, or unsafe activities within an organization to authorities or the public by an employee.
Etymology
The term originates from the 19th-century practice of police officers using a whistle to alert the public or other officers to a crime. It evolved into its modern figurative sense in the 1970s to describe individuals exposing institutional wrongdoing.
In the news
The article uses the term to describe staff complaints regarding patient safety in the Critical Care Unit, noting that the Minister incorrectly dismissed these serious reports as mere personal grievances.
Ladislaus accuses Feetham of ‘knee-jerk politics’ over sex offender policy
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