Silencing A Whistleblower: A Story Of Hypocrisy

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This book examines how insufficient policies can lead to the alleged abuse of power in organisations. When independent ethical structures and processes are missing or weak, practices of abuse, misconduct and cover-ups can easily arise at the leadership level. Even organisations that specialise in good governance are no exception, as illustrated by this case study on arguably the world’s most influential anti-corruption NGO, Transparency International (TI). Written by the former Managing Director of Transparency International, this book chronicles its ethical breakdown over a 5-year period starting in 2015. By comparing TI’s whistleblower policies with its internal whistleblower practices, it demonstrates how the organisation gradually became trapped in a vicious cycle of secrecy, corruption and lies. The author chronologically tracks TI’s practices, drawing on 12 whistleblower complaints filed with TI since 2017, as well as communications with TI, international donor agencies, and other international civil society organisations from 2015 to 2020 to do so. The chronological format aptly reveals the snowball effect that ethical weaknesses can create over time, as well as the emotional warfare that whistleblowers are typically subjected to. The unfolding chronology also shows what it means to be a whistleblower for an organisation that avoids public transparency, reporting on and scrutiny of its own practices.

Author(s): Cobus de Swardt
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021

Language: English
Commentary: TruePDF
Pages: 313
Tags: Governance And Government

Foreword
Prologue
Acknowledgements
About This Book
The Key Whistleblower Allegations
How it Unfolded
Contents
1 Saturday 1 May 2004: Berlin
2 1993–2020: TI: A Short History of Holding the Powerful to Account
3 October 2014–December 2016: Breakdown of Ethical Conduct
4 January–14 March 2017: Organisational Coup
9 February 2017
10 February 2017
14 February 2017
15 February 2017
16 February 2017
17 February 2017
18 February 2017
19 February 2017
20 February 2017
21 February 2017
22 February 2017
24 February 2017
25 February 2017
3 March 2017
6 March 2017
8 March 2017
11–14 March 2017
14 March 2017
5 15 March–May 2017: Becoming a Whistleblower
15–22 March 2017
WBC Day 1: 23 March 2017
WBC Day 5: 27 March 2017
WBC Day 6: 28 March 2017
WBC Day 12: 3 April 2017
WBC Day 15: 6 April 2017
WBC Day 16: 7 April 2017
WBC Day 18: 9 April 2017
WBC Day 19: 10 April 2017
WBC Day 20: 11 April 2017
WBC Day 26: 17 April 2017
WBC Day 29: 20 April 2017
WBC Day 30: 21 April 2017
WBC Day 32: 23 April 2017
WBC Day 34: 25 April 2017
WBC Day 36: 27 April 2017
WBC Day 42: 3 May 2017
WBC Day 43: 4 May 2017
WBC Day 48: 9 May 2017
WBC Day 50: 11 May 2017
WBC Day 55: 16 May 2017
WBC Day 56: 17 May 2017
WBC Day 57: 18 May 2017
WBC Day 61: 22 May 2017
WBC Day 62: 23 May 2017
WBC Day 64: 25 May 2017
WBC Day 65: 26 May 2017
WBC Day 66: 27 May 2017
WBC Day 68: 29 May 2017
6 June–September 2017: Fire a Whistleblower
WBC Day 76: 6 June 2017
WBC Day 81: 11 June 2017
WBC Day 82: 12 June 2017
WBC Day 83: 13 June 2017
WBC Day 84: 14 June 2017
WBC Day 89: 19 June 2017
WBC Day 90: 20 June 2017
WBC Day 91: 21 June 2017
WBC Day 93: 23 June 2017: World Whistleblower Day
WBC Day 103: 3 July 2017
WBC Day 110: 10 July 2017
WBC Day 114: 14 July 2017
WBC Day 123: 23 July 2017
WBC Day 124: 24 July 2017
WBC Day 127: 27 July 2017
WBC Day 138: 7 August 2017
WBC Day 139: 8 August 2017
WBC Day 149: 18 August 2017
WBC Day 152: 21 August 2017
WBC Day 153: 22 August 2017
WBC Day 154: 23 August 2017
WBC Day 155: 24 August 2017
WBC Day 161: 30 August 2017
WBC Day 163: 1 September 2017
WBC Day 167: 5 September 2017
WBC Day 168: 6 September 2017
WBC Day 169: 7 September 2017
WBC Day 170: 8 September 2017
WBC Day 172: 10 September 2017
WBC Day 177: 15 September 2017
WBC Day 179: 17 September 2017
WBC Day 180: 18 September 2017
WBC Day 184: 22 September 2017
WBC Day 187: 25 September 2017
WBC Day 191: 29 September 2017
7 October–December 2017: New Beginning
WBC Day 195: 3 October 2017
WBC Day 207: 15 October 2017
WBC Day 211: 19 October 2017
WBC Day 216: 24 October 2017
WBC Day 224: 1 November 2017
WBC Day 229: 6 November 2017
WBC Day 232: 9 November 2017
WBC Day 237: 14 November 2017
WBC Day 245: 22 November 2017
WBC Day 251: 28 November 2017
WBC Day 259: 6 December 2017
WBC Day 268: 15 December 2017
WBC Day 271: 18 December 2017
WBC Day 272: 19 December 2017
8 January–September 2018: Avoid Responsibility
WBC Day 295: 11 January 2018
WBC Day 303: 19 January 2018
WBC Day 304: 20 January 2018
WBC Day 316: 1 February 2018
WBC Day 319: 3 February 2018
WBC Day 322: 7 February 2018
WBC Day 334: 19 February 2018
WBC Day 338: 23 February 2018
WBC Day 341: 26 February 2018
WBC Day 344: 1 March 2018
WBC Day 397: 23 April 2018
WBC Day 468: 3 July 2018
WBC Day 478: 13 July 2018
WBC Day 483: 18 July 2018
9 8–20 October 2018: Criminalise Whistleblowing
WBC Day 565: 8 October 2018
WBC Day 566: 9 October 2018
TI Action 1: Expose Whistleblower’s Identity Without Consent
WBC Day 567: 10 October 2018
TI Action 2: Threaten Whistleblower with ‘Cease-and-Desist’ Letter and Demand Silence on Problems
WBC Day 569: 11 October 2018
TI Action 3: Publicly Humiliate Whistleblower
WBC Day 570: 12 October 2018
TI Action 4: Deny Problems and the Existence of Allegations of Wrongdoing
WBC Day 572: 15 October 2018
TI Action 5: Criminalise Whistleblowing
WBC Day 573: 16 October 2018
TI Action 6: ‘Shoot the Messenger’
WBC Day 574: 17 October 2018
TI Action 7: Deliberate Negligence
WBC Day 575: 18 October 2018
Conversations with TI People
Conversations with TI-S Donors
Conversations with Civil Society Activists and Leaders
In the End
WBC Day 576: 19 October 2018
WBC Day 577: 20 October 2018
10 21 October 2018—June 2019: Celebrate Whistleblowers
WBC Day 579: 22 October 2018
WBC Day 586: 29 October 2018
WBC Day 595: 7 November 2018
WBC Day 596: 8 November 2018
WBC Day 608: 20 November 2018
WBC Day 609: 21 November 2018
WBC Day 627: 9 December 2018
WBC Day 628: 10 December 2018
WBC Day 629: 11 December 2018
WBC Day 635: 17 December 2018
WBC Day 636: 18 December 2018
WBC Day 684: 4 February 2019
WBC Day 694: 14 February 2019
WBC Day 699: 19 February 2019
WBC Day 705: 25 February 2019
WBC Day 720: 12 March 2019
WBC Day 716: 8 March 2019
WBC Day 741: 2 April 2019
WBC Day 751: 12 April 2019
WBC Day 756: 17 April 2019
WBC Day 757: 18 April 2019
WBC Day 775: 6 May 2019
WBC Day 777: 8 May 2019
WBC Day 783: 14 May 2019
WBC Day 784: 15 May 2019
WBC Day 797: 28 May 2019
WBC Day 820: 20 June 2019
WBC Day 823: 23 June 2019: World Whistleblower Day
WBC Day 824: 24 June 2019
WBC Day 829: 29 June 2019
11 July 2019: Accountable Now
Accountability Standards
Best Accountability Practices
TI’s Public Accountability Commitments
TI’s Compliance and Performance
Complaint Regarding TI
Response to Complaint Regarding TI
Special Treatment for TI
TI Accountability Report
Cul de Sac
12 August 2019–May 2020: Manage Independent Investigations
WBC Day 882: 21 August 2019
TI-S Responds to The Guardian Story Within Hours
TI Ireland Responds to The Guardian Story
WBC Day 883: 22 August 2019
WBC Day 884: 23 August 2019
WBC Day 897: 5 September 2019
WBC Day 900: 8 September 2019
WBC Day 904: 12 September 2019
WBC Day 908: 16 September 2019
WBC Day 915: 23 September 2019
WBC Day 919: 27 September 2019
WBC Day 923: 1 October 2019
WBC Day 924: 2 October 2019
WBC Day 929: 7 October 2019
WBC Day 932: 10 October 2019
WBC Day 937: 15 October 2019
WBC Day 950: 28 October 2019
WBC Day 952: 30 October 2019
WBC Day 953: 31 October 2019
WBC Day 956: 3 November 2019
WBC Day 957: 4 November 2019
WBC Day 958: 5 November 2019
WBC Day 960: 7 November 2019
WBC Day 965: 12 November 2019
WBC Day 966: 13 November 2019
WBC Day 970: 17 November 2019
WBC Day 973: 20 November 2019
WBC Day 975: 22 November 2019
WBC Day 976: 23 November 2019
WBC Day 981: 28 November 2019
WBC Day 994: 11 December 2019
WBC Day 999: 16 December 2019
WBC Day 1013: 30 December 2019
WBC Day 1028: 14 January 2020
WBC Day 1035: 21 January 2020
WBC Day 1036: 22 January 2020
WBC Day 1041: 27 January 2020
WBC Day 1042: 28 January 2020
WBC Day 1049: 4 February 2020
WBC Day 1055: 10 February 2020
WBC Day 1065: 20 February 2020
WBC Day 1084: 10 March 2020
WBC Day 1085: 11 March 2020
WBC Day 1094: 20 March 2020
WBC Day 1097: 23 March 2020
WBC Day 1098: 24 March 2020
WBC Day 1111: 6 April 2020
WBC Day 1114: 9 April 2020
WBC Day 1130: 25 April 2020
WBC Day 1135: 30 April 2020
WBC Day 1163: 28 May 2020
13 2 June 2020–9 April 2021: ‘Mission Accomplished’
WBC Day 1168: 2 June 2020
14 WBC Day 1480: 10 April 2021: Reflections
Epilogue
Appendix A: In TI’s Name
Appendix B: Classification of Involvement in Cover-Up
Appendix C: Key Whistleblower Allegations
Notes to Each of the Key Whistleblower Allegations
Additional Notes to Appendix C
Appendix D: Last Statement as TI-S Managing Director
“Global Leaders at Davos Must Reject Politics of Fear and Division
References