Private Sector Investment in Health

Structure of Work

1) What is Whistle Blowing

* Define and Explain Whistle Blowing

* Whistle blowing and Ethics

2) Literature Review Analyzing Whistle Blowing In Ghana

3) The Whistle Blowers Act

4) Key Whistle Blowing institutions

* Briefly introduce the institution, identify the act of legal instrument which sets-up the institution and the general composition of the institution

* Briefly discuss the performance of the institution, site examples of their success stories, highlight the key challenges the confront the institution and the way-forward for the institution

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5) Landmark whistle-blowing cases in Ghana

6) Conclusion

Chapter I

1.1 Definitions of Whistle blowing

There is no globally accepted definition of ‘whistle blowing’. Rather, there are a number of different definitions and descriptions which try to distinguish whistle blowing from other forms of disclosure, such as informing or spying.

According to Tore Nilstun and Peter Westerholm, the term ‘whistle blowing’ refers to a warning issued by a member or former of an organization to the public about a serious wrongdoing or danger created or conclead within an organization. Anyone associated with an organization, may find themselves in a situation where assuming the role of a whistleblower is a possible line of action. In the words of George Kerevan, “Word of the Week” columnist for The Scotsman newspaper, “The etymological origins of whistle blowing are gloriously obscure.” Yet even without knowing the term’s pedigree, we get a vivid picture from the words themselves. Kerevan suggests the obvious one—a police officer shrilling on a whistle when he or she catches a crime in progress.

The term whistleblower derives from the practice of English Bobbies, who would blow their whistles when they noticed the commission of a crime to alert both law enforcement officers and the general public of danger. It also sounds like an English word...