Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd

Whistle-blowing occurs when an employee raises a particular concern to their employer about some fraud or illegal or unethical behaviour that affects other employees and also the organization. The effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy will certainly contribute a significant affect. The problem ari...

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Main Author:	Sahazam, Md Hashim
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Published:	2013
Subjects:	HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management Employment
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description	Whistle-blowing occurs when an employee raises a particular concern to their employer about some fraud or illegal or unethical behaviour that affects other employees and also the organization. The effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy will certainly contribute a significant affect. The problem arises in the company as the statistic whistle-blowing policy has seen a significant decline, and whilst reports submitted did not follow procedures. The effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy was evaluated based on four independent variables of effectiveness of whistle blowing policy that are: (a) personal viewpoint, (b) company encouragement, (c) management responsive and (d) whistle-blower protection. The objectives of this study were to examine the influence of the four factors - personal viewpoint, company encouragement, management responsive and whistle-blower protection on the effectiveness of the policy. A total of 123 questionnaires were distributed to the sample chosen for this quantitative study. Data collected were analyzed using correlations and regressions to examine the relationship between the effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy and personal viewpoint, company encouragement, management responsive and whistle blower protection. The findings reported that all four independent variables were significantly related to whistle-blowing effectiveness. The research objectives were fulfilled more importantly this study has put for the some changes to improve whistle-blowing practices in the company
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title	Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd
title_short	Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd
title_full	Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd
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title_full_unstemmed	Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd
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spelling	my-uum-etd.51462023-05-24T01:17:54Z Effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy in Boustead Petroleum Marketing Sdn Bhd 2013 Sahazam, Md Hashim Azizan, Norizan Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business HF5549-5549.5 Personnel Management. Employment Whistle-blowing occurs when an employee raises a particular concern to their employer about some fraud or illegal or unethical behaviour that affects other employees and also the organization. The effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy will certainly contribute a significant affect. The problem arises in the company as the statistic whistle-blowing policy has seen a significant decline, and whilst reports submitted did not follow procedures. The effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy was evaluated based on four independent variables of effectiveness of whistle blowing policy that are: (a) personal viewpoint, (b) company encouragement, (c) management responsive and (d) whistle-blower protection. The objectives of this study were to examine the influence of the four factors - personal viewpoint, company encouragement, management responsive and whistle-blower protection on the effectiveness of the policy. A total of 123 questionnaires were distributed to the sample chosen for this quantitative study. Data collected were analyzed using correlations and regressions to examine the relationship between the effectiveness of whistle-blowing policy and personal viewpoint, company encouragement, management responsive and whistle blower protection. The findings reported that all four independent variables were significantly related to whistle-blowing effectiveness. The research objectives were fulfilled more importantly this study has put for the some changes to improve whistle-blowing practices in the company 2013 Thesis https://etd.uum.edu.my/5146/ https://etd.uum.edu.my/5146/1/s810250.pdf text eng public https://etd.uum.edu.my/5146/2/s810250_abstract.pdf text eng public masters masters Universiti Utara Malaysia Ahmad.R and Shariff.M. (2009). Whistleblowing protection and freedom of speech: Finding respect at the workplace. International Conference on Corporate Law. Ajzen, I. (1991). The Theory of Planned Behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Process, 50, 179- 211. Anwar, Z. (2003). Reviewing corporate excellent in the 21st century whistle blowing: Subversive spy or responsible corporate citizen? Paper presented at the Regional Conference on Agenda for 21st century-Revitalising the Corporation, Kuala Lumpur. Barker, R. and Dawood, R. (2004). Whistle-Blowing in the Organisation: Wrongdoer or Do- Gooder? 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