institution that exist in the U.S about risks or issues to do with fraud, illegal operations, threats to
health, corruption and
other issues that may be secretly be in existence in the institutions
(Vandekerckhove, 2012).
Even though whistleblowing is encouraged in organizations,
employees in most instances fear to report any behaviors or activities that may be unethical as
they fear the impact that may follow after such reports have been made given that such reports
are in most cases made to the top management.
Whistleblowing of university students who cheat is a good idea, and this is because
cheating in the university is wrong doing given that when a student cheats in he or she is in a
position that is "advantageous" than that of a person who does not cheat. By this, I mean that a
person who cheats in the university can be unfairly be compared academically to a person who
does not cheat on his or her tests and therefore a whistleblower should report people who cheat
to enhance a fair competition in the University (Vandekerckhove, 2012).
Whistleblowing
From an ethics point of view, cheating in the university is wrong doing that should not be
promoted by neither students nor staff and this is because cheating is likely to compromise the
standard and quality of graduates a given university is likely to produce (Vandekerckhove, 2012).
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