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The 36 pages that link to Whistleblowing, each with the reason it gives.

• Investigative journalismCompared with: A whistleblower may supply a lead or evidence; journalists independently verify and report it.

• SurveillanceRelated: Surveillance may expose misconduct, while monitoring can also reveal or deter whistleblowers.

• Freedom of expressionRelated: Protection for sources and disclosures can expose misconduct in the public interest.

• Conflict of interestRelated: Reports may expose undisclosed interests or decisions shaped by them.

• Conscientious objectionCompared with: Whistleblowing challenges conduct through disclosure, rather than refusing a duty on grounds of conscience.

• AccountabilityRelated: Whistleblowers can expose conduct hidden from ordinary accountability channels.

• Self-censorshipCompared with: Whistleblowing breaks silence where self-censorship might otherwise protect an organization from scrutiny.

• ConfidentialityRelated: It can pit confidentiality obligations against the public interest in exposing misconduct.

• ConformityCompared with: Speaking out against a group's accepted conduct can interrupt conformity to harmful norms.

• FraudRelated: Insiders can reveal schemes that routine audits and controls fail to detect.

• Political corruptionCompared with: Whistleblowers can expose corrupt conduct hidden inside public institutions.

• CorruptionRelated: Insiders can reveal corrupt conduct hidden from external oversight.

• ConscienceRelated: A sense of moral responsibility can prompt disclosure despite personal or professional risk.

• Cancel cultureCompared with: Whistleblowing focuses on revealing misconduct, while cancellation describes public reactions and pressure.

• Organizational cultureRelated: Culture influences whether employees report misconduct and whether they expect protection or retaliation.

• Civic virtueRelated: It can express responsibility to the public when institutional loyalty conflicts with public interest.

• EmbezzlementRelated: Employees may expose diverted funds when ordinary controls fail or are bypassed.

• Political obligationRelated: It can place duties to law or institution against duties to prevent serious harm.

• Public recordRelated: Records can corroborate allegations and clarify what officials knew or did.

• ObedienceCompared with: Whistleblowing breaks organizational obedience to expose misconduct.

• Professional ethicsRelated: Reporting misconduct can pit duties to the public against loyalty to an employer or colleagues.

• DoxingCompared with: Whistleblowing exposes conduct in the public interest; doxing exposes personal details.

• Corporate accountabilityRelated: Insiders can expose conduct that formal reporting and oversight have failed to reveal.

• WikiLeaksNarrower topic: Many WikiLeaks materials were supplied by people disclosing information from inside institutions.

• Anti-authoritarianismRelated: It can expose abuses hidden by institutional power and weak accountability.

• Engineering ethicsRelated: Engineers may disclose dangers when internal channels fail to protect the public.

• LoyaltyCompared with: Reporting misconduct can conflict with demands for institutional loyalty.

• Watchdog journalismRelated: Whistleblowers can supply evidence that enables watchdog investigations.

• CourageRelated: Whistleblowers can risk retaliation by exposing misconduct they believe must be stopped.

• Freedom of information lawCompared with: It can reveal hidden information through insiders, unlike formal records-request procedures.

• Aldrich AmesCompared with: Ames secretly served a foreign government rather than exposing misconduct in the public interest.

• Dark webRelated: Anonymous channels can help sources disclose material while limiting exposure.

• Online shamingCompared with: Exposure can serve the public interest, unlike shaming whose focus may be personal condemnation.

• Regulatory complianceRelated: Reports from employees can surface violations that formal controls missed.

• Ethical dilemmaRelated: Loyalty and confidentiality can conflict with duties to prevent public harm.

• Mordechai VanunuNarrower topic: Vanunu’s case became a prominent example of disclosure involving state secrecy and national security.