What makes someone become a whistleblower? What makes someone come clean about what they know? What makes them turn their back on friends, colleagues, employers and even the very industry that once afforded them a decent living and kept a roof over their heads?
There are many reasons; reasons that run the whole gamut from the selfish to the selfless, and stopping off at self-preservation along the way.
But the main drivers for turning whistleblower can be broken down into three main categories:
There are those that turn whistleblower for vengeance. A disgruntled former employee, for example, who believes they have been poorly treated or slighted in some way.
There are those that turn whistleblower for financial gain; in the pursuit of a payment to secure their silence over something they know that others might prefer to keep under wraps.
And then there’s the third kind; the noble kind. The whistleblower not as a malevolent force, but as a force for good. Or perceived good at least. Those that bravely choose to come clean to improve things; to reveal and right a wrong; to hopefully make a positive difference, regardless of the personal cost.
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