Protections, Not Money, Can Boost Internal Corporate Whistleblowing

New research from North Carolina State University and Bucknell University finds that strong, reliable anti-retaliation policies can encourage employees to notify internal authorities of possible wrongdoing, but that offering monetary incentives does not necessarily influence whistleblowing behavior - or at least not right away. "The work supports the idea that companies who want to encourage internal reporting of wrongdoing should focus on developing and implementing anti-retaliation policies to protect whistleblowers," says Dr. Eileen Taylor, co-author of a paper on the work and an associate professor of accounting at NC State.



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