Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide – By Brian Martin
REVIEWS, 14 Oct 2013
Antonio C. S. Rosa, editor – TRANSCEND Media Service
A New Book from Irene Publishing
You may be not a Snowden or Manning, but you discover some wrongdoing such as corruption, injustice or danger to the public. What should you do? If you do nothing, the problem will continue. If you speak out, you become a target for attack — and the problem may still continue. Or do you know someone who need help and support in order to blow a whistle?
Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide tells how to assess your options, prepare for action, use low-profile operations, negotiate official channels, leak, build support and survive the experience. It is filled with sample cases that show what can happen when you make incorrect assumptions or fall into common traps.
The advice in this guidebook is based on the author’s contact with hundreds of whistleblowers and dissidents, plus consultation with others experienced in the area. Although there are no guarantees of success, Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide can improve your odds of making a difference. Even if you never expect to challenge the system yourself, it will give you valuable insight into the dynamics of individual struggles and what is happening to others.
Brian Martin has been involved with issues of dissent and whistleblowing for over 30 years and has extensive experience with social movements. He is active in Whistleblowers Australia and edits its newsletter, The Whistle.
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Irene Publishing Resistance Studies Series:
- Tackling Trident, edited by Vinthagen, Kenrick & Mason, 2012
- Whistleblowing: A Practical Guide by Martin, 2013
- What would it take? How a strategy of unarmed resistance could win freedom in West Papua by MacLeod (forthcoming 2014)
- Beyond Celebrations – Analysing Impacts of the Nonviolent Arab Revolutions edited by Johansen (forthcoming 2014)
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