Whistleblowing and Ethics in Health and Social Care. Angie Ash
UK whistleblowing in law
Paradoxes in whistleblowing policy and procedures
What happens when people whistleblow?
CHAPTER 3 ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND THE WHISTLEBLOWER
Organizational climate and culture
Undiscussables of organizational life
Socialization, rationalization, normalization
Groups: Not always your friend
Minority influence can make a difference
CHAPTER 4 SILENCE AND DEVICES OF DENIAL
Black sheep and walls of silence
Doublespeak and denial: Rotherham, England
CHAPTER 5 BYSTANDERS, BLEACH AND BLIND SPOTS
Bystanders and the aversion of the gaze
Self-deception, the slippery slope and ethical degradation
We think we’re more moral than we mostly are
Health and social care disasters
Systematic attention deficit disorder
CHAPTER 6 HOW NOT TO ENCOURAGE WHISTLEBLOWING
Individual autonomy, individual liability
Problems of a ‘duty to whistleblow’
Compliance, confidence and codes
Trusting the confidence apparatus
Prevention is better than cure
CHAPTER 7 WHISTLEBLOWING IN ETHICAL HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE SYSTEMS
The whistleblower as ethical canary
Whistleblowing as ethical right action
Whistleblowing and the emperor’s clothes
The whistleblower and an ethic of care
Embedding an ethic of care into health and social care practice and systems
Ethics and care throughout health and social care systems