Open AccessThe New European Union Whistleblowing Directive: In Comparison to Indonesia’s Practice
Author(s) -
József Hajdú,
Rofi Aulia Rahman
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hasanuddin law review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2442-9899
pISSN - 2442-9880
DOI - 10.20956/halrev.v7i3.3321
Subject(s) - directive , wrongdoing , european union , language change , harassment , business , directive on privacy and electronic communications , obstacle , political science , work (physics) , law , public relations , accounting , law and economics , data protection directive , european union law , economics , international trade , engineering , art , literature , computer science , programming language , mechanical engineering
With the European Union Whistleblowing Directive (2019), the topic of whistleblowing is becoming increasingly important for EU MS’s public and private entities. Whistle-blowers might play a vital role in exposing corruption, fraud and mismanagement of the EU’s supranational norms. The Directive introduced minimum standards for the protection of whistle-blowers and obliges many public and private entities to introduce their own internal whistleblowing channels. The EU also can take some lessons from Indonesia about the practice and obstacle in implementing whistleblowing system. The aim of this article is to introduce the new EU Whistleblowing Directive’s main features and some presumable obstacles for implementation. The hypothesis is that the new Directive might enhance the fairwork-place environment, roll back fraud and corruption, reduce work-related wrongdoing and manage equal treatment and no-discrimination policy including bullying and sexual harassment. However, some theoretical and pragmatic discrepancies will be introduced as well.