Originally posted by SueEllen
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Whistle blowing or not?
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I think I'd look about how I felt about it; if I felt it was wrong not to report it, I think I'd have to. Difficult one, as you'd be putting your head over the parapet as you said, but I think I'd be looking into how I felt personally about it. Apply it against someone you care for; would you accept it for them?Comment
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Originally posted by socialworker View PostThanks that is basically what I have done. I thought that would be ok but the manager has slightly put the wind up me by suggesting I read the wb policy and think about it overnight.
Unless something is extremely likely to happen or has happened then you don't whistleblow.
If you do need to whistleblow I hope you have some savings to retrain as something else. You do have the advantage that no-one would blame you for leaving social work."You’re just a bad memory who doesn’t know when to go away" JRComment
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Originally posted by BrilloPad View PostTo anyone who answered anything other than "carry on invoicing" please leave now and hand your usernames in on the way out.'Orwell's 1984 was supposed to be a warning, not an instruction manual'. -
Nick Pickles, director of Big Brother Watch.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostConsidering this may - as far as we know - relate to a child at risk of abduction because her feckless parents leave her alone at night and go out to restaurants when on holiday, that is a strange attitude to take."I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Originally posted by d000hgOne would imagine a big mouth would be good for getting further up a greasy pole.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by SueEllen View PostIgnore it.
Unless something is extremely likely to happen or has happened then you don't whistleblow.
If you do need to whistleblow I hope you have some savings to retrain as something else. You do have the advantage that no-one would blame you for leaving social work.
Take a look at the probability of your concerns happening vs your impact on the situation vs the likelihood of getting terminated should you push this any further.
What is the reality of this situation and are you prepared to retrain out of social work?
Is your Big Mouth worth the loss of a career?"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Originally posted by cojak View Post
Take a look at the probability of your concerns happening vs your impact on the situation vs the likelihood of getting terminated should you push this any further.
I can't think of a single project I ever did that could not have been done better. The shortfall is always in the management or user incompetance. If I ever worked in a health situation where people were affected, I could spend all day whistleblowing(\__/)
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Well thanks for the input and the general lack of insults, though as I said this isnt some big scandal, it is just a policy which may be a factor in putting some adults at increased risk. I didnt even think of it as whistleblowing until it was mentioned to me . Im not going public, it wont end up on the front page of the local paper and no one is goijg to end up with their head on the block because of it, however I am a bit surprised how seriously the quality manager has taken it, but then I guess that is why I told her.Comment
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Moved to Business and Contracts - inappropriate for professional forums comments removed.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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