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Closure At this point, the investigator has put in many hours, had countless conversations, and has earned at least some level of trust with the whistle-blower.  Sufficient details about the incident have been extracted from the whistle-blower so that the investigator could find corroborating

After the Disclosure – The Long Play More frequently than not, an investigator has occasion to meet a whistle-blower post-disclosure.  As such, many of the psychological processes involved with whistle-blowing have been endured.  Financial hardship, loss of employment with relatively no chance of re-entering

An Investigator’s Role Prior to a Whistle-Blowing Disclosure Whistle-blowing is often an arduous process.  It takes a toll on the psyche and depending where the whistle-blower is in the process, it will be up to the investigator to adapt. If the whistle-blower has not yet

 The Bottom of the Barrel Doing the right thing can be a cruel life lesson for whistle-blower’s.  After assuming company executives would applaud the whistle-blower’s efforts for bringing derogatory and potentially illegal information to their attention, the whistle-blower suddenly finds himself/herself no longer employed and

Explaining Some of the Psychology Behind Disclosure and Retaliation It’s the one thing they never imagined.  The whistle-blower believed people, especially his/her supervisors, would see what needed to be done and start the process of correction.  It seemed so obvious, so righteous.  No sooner than