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Whistle Blower Theory

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The whistle blower is the voluntary act that done by a person who have bad feelings towards the organization done such illegal or improper conduct. According to Mathieu (2007) the act of disclosing unethical or illegal behavior of organization the top management even to external parties or public. The person who blows the whistle can be either existing or even previous employee, stated by Rusniah Ahmad (2006). 1.1 Prosocial behavior theory The whistle blower act have similarities towards the prosocial behavior. Elliot. A et al (2014) defines prosocial behavior theories as any act that directly give benefit to the others. The action taken by the whistle blower reveals the improper conduct compatible to the theory, where indirectly give benefits …show more content…

Referring to the bystander theory, ‘diffusion of responsibility’ is the concept where people might be less probable to extend assistance to intervene to prevent a crime in a group context (Darely & Latane, 1968). For example, Darely and Latane 's (1968) study theorized that in group settings, the responsibility for intervening was diffused among the bystanders, such that individuals were less probable to feel responsible for taking action, and were more likely to believe that someone else may interfere or had already telephoned for …show more content…

Perceived organizational support refers as the extent to which employee seizes that organization values their existence and forethought for their well being (Levinson, 1965). As highlighted by Levinson (1965), ‘ the image of an establishment can be moved by the organization’s legal, moral and financial responsibility for the actions of its agents, by organizational policies, norms and culture that provide continuity and prescribe role behaviors; and by the power the organization’s agents exert over individual

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