Whistleblower Problematics in Denmark - An Action Research Project, Part II

Jensen, Sebastian Søgård ; Smit, Tor Zander

4. term

Techno-Anthropology, Master

2020

2020-06-03

93 pages

Dette projekt er anden del af et todelt projekt, i samarbejde med whistleblowerorganisationen Veron, der drejer sig om whistleblowere i Danmark. I første del af projektet blev der foretaget en etnografisk undersøgelse af whistleblowere, med målet om, at komme til bunds i, hvorfor en medarbejder træffer det valg, at whistleblowe. Dette stykke arbejde har lagt fundamentet for denne del af projektet, hvor det bliver undersøgt, hvordan nuværende whistleblower ordninger kan forbedres, så det tager hensyn til fremtidige whistleblowere, som typisk direkte eller indirekte bliver undertrykt af disse ordninger. Med en ‘aktionsforsknings’ tilgang bliver whistleblowere, som den undertrykte gruppe, inkluderet i denne proces i form af et fremtidsværksted, inspireret af Robert Jungk og Norbert Mullert. I dette fremtidsværksted bliver negative aspekter af nuværende whistleblower ordninger udpeget, så som kritisable eller fejlagtigt design, der kan medbringe uretfærdige konsekvenser for whistleblowere. Derved bliver nuværende whistleblowerordninger dekontekstualiseret. Herefter rekontekstualiseres de med værdier, udtrykt af whistleblowers og to relevante NGOer, som bør overvejes at blive implementeret i fremtidige whistleblower ordninger.

This project is the second part of a two-part project in collaboration with the whistleblower NGO, Veron, that touches upon whistleblowing in a Danish context. The first part of this two-part project revolved around an ethnographic inquiry into whistleblower’s experiences with whistleblowing, to try and understand why someone they blew the whistle at their workplace. This work laid the foundation for this second part of the project, where the focus has been on how whistleblower reporting systems can be improved for future whistleblowers. With an action research approach to this problematic, whistleblowers, who can be seen as a marginalized group in this context, are included in the process of improving these future systems, by participating in a future workshop on this matter, inspired by Robert Jungk and Nobert Müllert. In this future workshop, negative aspects, such as faulty or criticizable reporting systems that leave whistleblowers exposed to retaliation or unjust consequences, are pointed out. Thereby, using the Critical Theory of Technology, and its terminology, through Andrew Feenberg, current whistleblower reporting system are decontextualized from these negative aspects. Based on the results from the workshop, the reporting systems then become recontextualized with values expressed by whistleblowers two relevant NGOs, that should be implemented in the future systems.

Whistleblowing ; Whistleblower ; Aktionsforskning ; Fremtidsværksted ; Kritisk Teori ; Værdier ; Whistleblowerordninger ; Rapporteringssystem

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