弊端揭發人保護制度之探討   全文下載

A Probe into the Whistle-Blowers Protection System

弊端揭發人保護制度目前已逐漸成為美國政府防止公、私部門從事貪腐、違法及危害公共利益之行為的重要機制。完善的弊端揭發人保護制度可引導具有道德勇氣之組織成員循正式管道來揭發弊端，而非以匿名方式透過媒體來揭弊，此將有助於降低因揭弊所衍生的社會成本，同時也給相關政府單位得以進行危機處理，以減輕弊案對政府形象的傷害。
借鏡美國弊端揭發人保護法的經驗，設計一套完善且值得信任的弊端揭發人保護制度，將有助於防止公部門腐化，達到澄清吏治的目的；同時可使政府重獲人民的信任，進而提昇政府治理的正當性。

Right now the Whistle-Blowers Protection System has been increasingly used by the U.S. government as an important tool to prevent people on both public and private sectors from doing things that are corrupt, illegal or harmful to national benefits. A well-engineered Whistle-Blowers Protection System will offer any crusading members of an organization a formal and effective route to expose any scams they discovered instead of just reporting the same to the press in an anonymous way. This will not only reduce the social costs arising from blowing the whistle, but also help the government agencies to cope with their crisis immediately so that the reputation for the government may not be greatly tarnished.
Orchestrating a full-fledged and trustworthy Whistle-Blowers Protection System by resorting to the U.S. efforts at enacting bills for protecting whistle-blowers will help prevent the government agencies from becoming corrupt and serve the purpose of making officials with probity do their jobs honestly while resuming people’s faith in the government to boost its credibility for proper governance.