A fresh look at whistleblower rewards

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Recent years have seen a rapid increase in legislation governing, protecting, and rewarding whistleblowers. Whereas the EU recently enacted a Directive protecting whistleblowers, the US has gone one step further long ago, not only protecting them but also offering substantial monetary rewards for their information. In this paper. we review the evidence for the effectiveness of US whistleblower reward programs and consider some recent novelties. We also consider objections against these programs and local factors in the US that likely contribute to their success. Finally, we voice some concerns over the EU Directive's ability to achieve its policy objective of enhancing enforcement of Union law.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SITE Working Paper ; No. 56

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Basic Areas of Law: General (Constitutional Law) ; Regulation and Business Law: General ; Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law
• Subject: whistleblowers ; whistleblower rewards ; corporate wrongdoing

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Nyreröd, Theo ; Spagnolo, Giancarlo
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stockholm School of Economics, Stockholm Institute of Transition Economics (SITE)
• (where): Stockholm
• (when): 2021

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/249251
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET