What is the central claim of the passage?
Employees who reveal wrongdoing inside their organisations are often praised in public and punished in private. Legislation that protects them is welcome, but it is usually drafted too narrowly. Many laws cover only disclosures made first to the employer, as if the culprit were the natural recipient of the complaint. Anyone who has watched an institution close ranks knows how naive this is. A worker who reports a fraud to the very managers who profit from it may be dismissed before any investigation begins. Protection should therefore extend to disclosures made directly to regulators and, as a last resort, to the press. Critics say this invites malicious leaks, but a rule that punishes false claims can deal with that problem without discouraging honest ones.
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: B. Whistleblower protection should cover disclosures to regulators and the press as well as to employers
- Step 1: The author criticises laws that cover only disclosures to the employer.
- Step 2: The recommendation is to extend protection to regulators and, as a last resort, the press.
Answer
Whistleblower protection should cover disclosures to regulators and the press as well as to employers.
Why not the others: The author does not call for harsher penalties, press-first disclosure, or an end to praise; malicious leaks are a criticism the author answers.
Practise more Whistleblowing.
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