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Ethical committees which review medical research need consitutions to help ensure continuity, clarity and consistency of purpose, and moral soundness. An adequate constitution…
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Ethical committees which review medical research need consitutions to help ensure continuity, clarity and consistency of purpose, and moral soundness. An adequate constitution must embody decision procedures which reflect a concern for clearly defined remit and scope, independence from bias and compromise, and accountability to the public, the health authorities and the researchers.
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Successful leaders can recognize and handle the reality of random and chaotic influences that send others headlong into disaster.
This paper revisits the claim of Vinten (1993) in this journal that whistleblowing is achieving prominence as a question of social policy.
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Purpose
This paper revisits the claim of Vinten (1993) in this journal that whistleblowing is achieving prominence as a question of social policy.
Design/methodology/approach
It examines literature from social and health policy to focus on the importance of whistleblowing and the policies that may encourage whistleblowing. However, it finds little extant academic literature in social policy, and so it turns to examine documents on whistleblowing in the British National Health Service such as NHS Inquiries, Parliamentary Debates, Parliamentary Committee Reports and government documents.
Findings
It is found that whistleblowing has not achieved prominence as a question of social policy in nearly 30 years since Vinten's argument. However, it argues that whistleblowing should be an issue for social policy as it is clear that whistleblowing can save lives.
Practical implications
It supports the growing Parliamentary agenda for legislative change for whistleblowers.
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This is one of the first articles on whistleblowing in a Social Policy journal for nearly 30 years and provides an argument that the discipline should pay more attention to a topic that can save lives.