Whistleblowing researchers

The following individuals are involved in research about whistleblowing or suppression of dissent. This list is intended to facilitate research interactions. People seeking advice or support in relation to whistleblowing should consult organisations and networks listed at this site.

 

Dick Bennett

(Professor Emeritus, University of Arkansas)

Address: 2582 Jimmie Ave., Fayetteville, AR 72703-3420, USA

Phone: +1-501-442 4600

E-mail: jbennet@comp.uark.edu

Research Interests: I collect newspaper, magazine, and electronic accounts of whistleblowers in the US; encourage whistleblowers to write and publish their experiences; and related projects.

 

Peter Bowden

(Research Associate, Department of Philosophy, University of Sydney, formerly Professor of Administrative Studies, University of Manchester)

Address: 6 Teakle Street, Summer Hill NSW 2130, Australia

Phone: +61-2-9797 6459

Facsimile: +61-2-9487 1551

Email: peterbowden@ozemail.com.au

Research Interests: Ethical ramifications of whistleblowing, legal protections, institutional (public sector and corporate) approaches to internal whistleblowing, codes of ethics and whistleblowing.

 

Terry Morehead Dworkin

Address: Business Law, BU 233, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA

Phone: +1-812-855-9308

Fax: +1-812-856-4695

E-mail: dworkint@indiana.edu

Research interests: 1. The legal encouragement of whistleblowing in the U.S. through statutes and case law at both the state and federal level. I have just completed a paper examining the 10-year state-law approach which charts all state whistleblowing statutes and examines cases interpreting those statutes. I am now working on a model whistleblowing statute.

2. I have been working on a paper examining the use of whistleblowing to curb wrongdoing in other countries.

Recent publications: available on the Kelley School of Business website, accessible from the Indiana University website.

 

Geoff Hunt

Address: Freedom to Care, PO Box 125, West Molesey, Surrey KT8 1YE, United Kingdom.

Phone/fax: +44-20-8224 1022

E-mail: freedomtocare@aol.com

Web: http://www.freedomtocare.org

Research interests: Whistleblowing, public accountability, freedom of speech in workplace, especially in relation to healthcare, social care, financial services, policing, education.

Recent publications

Hunt, G (ed) Whistleblowing in the Health Service, Arnold, London, 1995

Hunt, G (ed) Whistleblowing in the Social Services, Arnold, London, 1998

'Whistleblowing', essay entry for Encyclopedia of Applied Ethics, Academic Press, California, USA, 1998.

 

Roberta Ann Johnson

Address: Politics Department, University of San Francisco, 2130 Fulton Street, San Francisco, CA 94117-1080, USA

E-mail: johnsonr@usfca.edu

Phone: +1-415-422 6296

Fax: +1-415-422 5671

 

Brian Martin

Address: Arts Faculty, University of Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia

Phone: +61-2-4221 3763 (work), +61-2-4228 7860 (home)

Fax: +61-2-4221 5341

E-mail: bmartin@uow.edu.au

Web: http://www.bmartin.cc/

Research interests: dynamics of suppression of dissent, especially in science; institutional sources of suppression; strategies against suppression; nonviolent action and bureaucratic politics

Recent publications: see http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/supp.html

 

Heungsik Park

Home address: Hyundai Iwha Apt. #110-1302, Bijeon-dong, Pyungtaek-si, Kyungki-do, 450-152 Korea
Phone: +82-0333-652-6087

Office address: Dept. of Public Administration, Chungang University, San 40-1, Dedug-myun, Ansung-si, Kyungki-do 456-756 Korea
Phone: +82-0334-670-3248
Fax: +82-0334-675-1384

E-mail: parkh@naeri.cc2.cau.ac.kr

Web: http://naeri.cc2.cau.ac.kr/~parkh

Research interests: Whistleblowing, information behavior, citizen behavior

Recent publications

The Logic of Whistleblowing (NANAM Publishing House, Seoul, Korea, 1999) [in Korean].

For articles, see web addresses above.

 


This document is located on

Brian Martin's website on suppression of dissent

in the section on Contacts


revised 5 October 2008