Don't kill the messenger! Whistle-blowing in America - A review with recommendations

Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 149-161

  Paul, Robert J ^a   Townsend, James B ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Economics of whistle blowing; Protecting whistle blowers; Whistle blowing; Whistle blowing and ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009934916     PISSN: 08927545     EISSN: 15733378     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02622256     Document Type: Review

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