(06-08-2020, 02:21 PM)Bleakfoot Wrote:

(06-06-2020, 05:52 PM)Tsunamy Wrote: This needs to be reworked. Someone can only be considered a whistleblower if they are doing to someone with power in an attempt to fix something; if they are just telling a friend about questionable behavior, that wouldn't be a whistleblower — nor should it have protection.

I suggest we change 'another individual' to 'a person with authority.' We'd need another section to define "person with authority' - I guess it would be different depending on the identity of the whistleblower, so (for example) a Cabinet member raising concerns with another Cabinet member wouldn't be considered whistleblowing, but a legislator raising concerns with a Cabinet member would.

I also think there needs to be a 'good faith' element to the act of whistleblowing, so that you're not entitled to whistleblower protections if your concerns are not genuinely held. 

 
Good ideas- I have edited the bill to make it a government member, and I added a good faith part.
I didn't make it 'person with authority' because that could be hard to define and lead to loopholes.

(06-08-2020, 02:21 PM)Bleakfoot Wrote: Finally I suggest that outing an anonymous whistleblower, if it is to be a crime at all, should be a separate offence rather than considered an act of espionage. 

 
This is what I thought, too - I'll raise this to the Assembly to provide their reasoning for it to be considered under espionage, as I had made it under espionage under the suggestion of Roavin in the leg lounge.
 

(06-06-2020, 05:52 PM)Tsunamy Wrote:

Quote:(1)  A whistleblower will be defined as an individual who reports concerning behavior preformed by a group or individual to another individual.

This needs to be reworked. Someone can only be considered a whistleblower if they are doing to someone with power in an attempt to fix something; if they are just telling a friend about questionable behavior, that wouldn't be a whistleblower — nor should it have protection. 

Well, any whistleblower could be considered someone attempting to fix something - they're intended to 'fix', or stop, the bad behavior.
 

(06-08-2020, 03:08 PM)Belschaft Wrote: Are there any historical examples in TSP where such an act would have been necessary or beneficial? Have we had whistleblowers who have been penalised or otherwise faced negative consequences for their actions?

I don't think so, but just because it's never happened doesn't mean we shouldn't do it.