Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace? An Essay on Whistleblowing and its Interfaces with the Brazilian Culture

AutorDiego Barreiros Dutra Sampaio - Filipe Sobral
CargoFundação Getulio Vargas, EBAPE/FGV - Fundação Getulio Vargas, EBAPE/FGV
Available online at
http://www.anpad.org.br/bar
BAR, Rio de Janeiro, v. 10, n. 4, art. 1,
pp. 370-388, Oct./Dec. 2013
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace? An Essay on
Whistleblowing and its Interfaces with the Brazilian Culture
Diego Barreiros Dutra Sampaio
E-mail address: digdutra@msn.com
Fundação Getulio Vargas EBAPE/FGV
FGV/EBAPE, Praia de Botafogo, 190, 22250-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Br azil.
Filipe Sobral
E-mail address: filipe.sobral@fgv.br
Fundação Getulio Vargas EBAPE/FGV
FGV/EBAPE, Praia de Botafogo, 190, 22250-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Br azil.
Received 22 November 2012; received in revised form 6 June 2013; accepted 25 June 2013;
published online 1st October 2013.
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Abstract
Since the last decade corporate scandals have drawn public attention to the i mportance of whistleblowers,
resulting in the creation of policies and statutes which rely heavily on whistleblowing, especially in the United
States. A common assumption behind these efforts is that whistleblo wing produces benefits to society at large, as
it promotes a more ethical work environment. Still, little is known about many aspects of the decision to blow
the whistle on a wrongful act. Particularly in Brazil, where the topic remains neglected by res earchers, specific
cultural ele ments may hinder whistleblowing beha viors and li mit the generalization of findings from previous
studies, which have almost always been based on Anglo-Sa xon country context. By exploring this gap, this essay
discusses some antecedents o f internal whistleblowing and proposes a comprehensive framework which
integrates organizational, individual and situational influences in order to allow for a further understanding of the
phenomenon and its cultural interfaces, as well as to provide practitioners and researchers with new insights and
perspectives on the topic.
Key words: whistleblowing; ethics; culture; Brazil; ethical decision-making.

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