Eric R Boot

The Ethics of Whistleblowing

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Following the enormous political, legal and media interest that has surrounded high profile cases of whistleblowing, such as Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, the fundamental ethical questions surrounding whistleblowing have often been obscured. In this fascinating book Eric Boot examines the ethical issues at stake in whistleblowing.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 104
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 146mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 266g
• ISBN-13: 9781138343696
• ISBN-10: 1138343692
• Artikelnr.: 56850188

Autorenporträt

Eric R. Boot is a Lecturer at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. He is also the author of Human Duties and the Limits of Human Rights Discourse (2017).

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. A pro tanto wrong 3. The public interest and the
justification of whistleblowing 4. Possible legal defenses for justified
whistleblowing (1): A right to whistleblowing? 5. Possible legal defenses
for justified whistleblowing (2): A public interest defense 6. Obligatory
whistleblowing. Index