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PRONUNCIATION OF WHISTLE-BLOWING

whistle-blowing  [wɪsəlˌbləʊɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WHISTLE-BLOWING

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conjunction
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exclamation
Whistle-Blowing is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES WHISTLE-BLOWING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

whistle-blowing

Whistleblower

A whistleblower is a person who exposes misconduct, alleged dishonest or illegal activity occurring in an organization. The alleged misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health and safety violations, and corruption. Whistleblowers may make their allegations internally or externally. The Continental Congress enacted the first whistleblower protection law in the United States on July 30, 1778 by a unanimous vote. The Continental Congress was moved to act after an incident in 1777, when Richard Marven and Samuel Shaw blew the whistle and suffered severe retaliation by Esek Hopkins, the commander-in-chief of the Continental Navy. Congress declared that the United States would defend the two whistleblowers against a libel suit filed against them by Hopkins. The Continental Congress also declared it the duty of "all persons in the service of the United States, as well...

Definition of whistle-blowing in the English dictionary

The definition of whistle-blowing in the dictionary is the practice of informing on someone or putting a stop to something.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WHISTLE-BLOWING


billowing
ˈbɪləʊɪŋ
fast-flowing
ˌfɑːstˈfləʊɪŋ
flowing
ˈfləʊɪŋ
following
ˈfɒləʊɪŋ
glowing
ˈɡləʊɪŋ
going
ˈɡəʊɪŋ
growing
ˈɡrəʊɪŋ
inflowing
ˈɪnˌfləʊɪŋ
knowing
ˈnəʊɪŋ
lowing
ˈləʊɪŋ
mellowing
ˈmeləʊɪŋ
nonyellowing
nɒnˈjɛləʊɪŋ
ongoing
ˈɒnˌɡəʊɪŋ
outgoing
ˈaʊtˌɡəʊɪŋ
overflowing
ˌəʊvəˈfləʊɪŋ
reflowing
riːˈfləʊɪŋ
sewing
ˈsəʊɪŋ
showing
ˈʃəʊɪŋ
swift-flowing
ˈswɪftˌfləʊɪŋ
throwing
ˈθrəʊɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WHISTLE-BLOWING

whisperously
whispery
whiss
whist
whist drive
whistle
whistle blower
whistle for
whistle in the dark
whistle stop
whistle up
whistle-blower
whistle-stop
whistle-stopped
whistle-stopping
whistleable
whistler
whistling
whistling swan
whistlingly

WORDS THAT END LIKE WHISTLE-BLOWING

borrowing
bowing
crowing
cult following
drawing
fast-growing
glass-blowing
harrowing
ingrowing
mind-blowing
mowing
narrowing
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public sector borrowing
rice growing
rice-growing
rowing
sowing
there is no knowing
unknowing
vine-growing

Synonyms and antonyms of whistle-blowing in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «whistle-blowing» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WHISTLE-BLOWING

Find out the translation of whistle-blowing to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of whistle-blowing from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «whistle-blowing» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

> 检举 >
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

denuncia de irregularidades
570 millions of speakers

English

whistle-blowing
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सीटी उड़ा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

صافرة تهب
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

свисток выдувание
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

delação
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বাঁশি ফুঁ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dénonciations
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meledak
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Verpfeifen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

内部告発
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

고발
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Whistle-blowing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thổi còi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

விசில்-வீசுகிறது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शीळ घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kusurlu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

denuncia di attività illegali di un´organizzazione dal suo interno
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

whistle - blowing
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

свисток видування
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

semnalului de alarmă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

whistle- blowing
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

klokkenluiders
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

whistle - blowing
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

whistle -blowing
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of whistle-blowing

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISTLE-BLOWING»

The term «whistle-blowing» is quite widely used and occupies the 47.122 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WHISTLE-BLOWING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about whistle-blowing

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WHISTLE-BLOWING»

Discover the use of whistle-blowing in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to whistle-blowing and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Whistle-Blowing in Organizations
This book is a research based book on whistle-blowing in organizations.
Marcia P. Miceli, Janet Pollex Near, Terry M. Dworkin, 2013
2
Blowing the Whistle: The Organizational and Legal ...
An all inclusive resource for companies and individuals.
Marcia P. Miceli, 1992
3
Whistle blowing: Loyalty and dissent in the corporation
Presents the first-person accounts of employees who have spoken out on questions of corporate policy, product safety, and rights guaranteed to them by law and suggests possible solutions to protect individual rights in corporations
Alan F. Westin, Henry I. Kurtz, Albert Robbins, 1981
4
Divided Loyalties: Whistle-blowing at BART
Divided Loyalties sets a theoretical context for the issues, traces the incident from its beginning, examines the aftermath of the engineers' dismissal, and concludes with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and ...
‎1980
5
Deadly Disclosures: Whistle Blowing and the Ethical Meltdown ...
This is a provocative analysis of the degeneration of public ethics in Australia, carried on the wings of case studies of Australians who have blown the whistle in order to improve ethical standards and suffered terribly for their efforts.
William De Maria, 1999
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Can't You Hear the Whistle Blowing?
<P>A young boy loses his father and his little dog at the same time. &nbsp;Will the ghost of a young Indian girl bring him back from his sadness and despair?</P><P>Do you believe in angels? &nbsp;The Dove That Saved Charlie will be of ...
Bill Macwithey, 2000
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Whistleblowing: When it Works--and why
An exploration of when and how - and to what effect - people make the choice to blow the whistle.
Roberta Ann Johnson, 2003
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Adversarial - Private Security and Whistle-Blowing Within ...
Leave your ideology and delusion at the door and step inside the real world of the titanic, soul destroying struggle of the Whistle – blower within the dark depths of the NHS, the David against Goliath of all battles that will either make ...
Richard Hayes, 2014
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Applied Ethics: Critical Concepts in Philosophy
We shall restrict our discussion to a specific sort of whistle blowing, namely, nongovernmental, impersonal, external whistle blowing. We shall be concerned with ( 1 ) employees of profit-making firms, who, for moral reasons, in the hope and ...
Ruth F. Chadwick, Doris Schroeder, 2002
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The Socially Responsive Self: Social Theory and Professional ...
tional organizations that should protect and encourage whistle-blowing in science and other fields. In the final section, I draw some general conclusions about whistle-blowing based on my earlier reconceptualizations of integrity, solidarity, ...
Larry May, 1996

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WHISTLE-BLOWING»

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Huelskamp bill would make whistle-blowing 'official duty' for VA …
Huelskamp's Whistleblowing Testimony Travel Act states that congressional testimony by VA employees is official duty and therefore deserving of pay and ... «Topeka Capital Journal, Jul 15»
2
U.K. Whistle-Blowing Jumps as Traders 'Cover Their Backs'
(Bloomberg) -- The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority's efforts to encourage more whistle-blowers are bearing fruit as more alerts are filed, according to a new ... «Bloomberg, Mar 15»
3
Whistle-blowing site not helpful, ambulance trust says
An ambulance service has hit back at a union that has set up a whistle-blowing website to record complaints from members of the public and staff. Unite the ... «BBC News, Dec 14»
4
Companies Ignore Risks, Benefits of Whistle-Blowing
Dec. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Multinational companies don't do enough to encourage whistle-blowers who could help them uncover bad behavior, according to a law ... «Bloomberg, Nov 14»

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