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Which of the following is the main purpose of whistleblowing legislation, such as that found in many countries?

Whistleblowing legislation exists to protect employees who make genuine public-interest disclosures of wrongdoing from dismissal or victimisation. It encourages the reporting of serious malpractice, and it does not create a duty to report trivial breaches or a right to give confidential information to competitors.

  1. ATo require all employees to report any colleague who breaks internal dress codes
  2. BTo protect employees who make a genuine, public-interest disclosure of wrongdoing from dismissal or victimisationCorrect
  3. CTo allow employees to disclose any confidential commercial information to competitors

Explanation

Whistleblowing law protects workers who make genuine disclosures in the public interest, such as fraud, danger or illegality, from retaliation. It does not cover trivial matters or give a general right to pass commercially sensitive information to competitors.

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