1. The Concept of Whistle blowing A whistle blower is one who
sounds the alert on scandal, danger, malpractice, or corruption
within an Organization . Only a few individuals are courageous
enough to raise such issues.A major obstruction for the
revelation of such corruption by the public has often been
recognized as the absence of protection from resultant reprisal.
International experience suggests that such people who disclose
and/or raise issues are generally vulnerable for victimization,
mostly in their employment. Whilst there is a growing consensus
that legal protection of WHISTLE BLOWERS must be encouraged,
most often such legal protection revolves around guarantees
against resultant victimization and dismissal from employment.
In Sri Lanka too, there exists an overwhelming need for legal
protection of Whistle blowers. 2. Status quo in Sri Lanka
discourages WHISTLE BLOWING? Unfortunately, the Sri Lankan legal
framework does not generally guarantee Freedom of Information
and thus there is a general secr