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"The Responsibility to Lie and the Obligation to Report
Journal of Business Ethics (2013)
  • Scott R. Paeth, DePaul University
Abstract

This article is an examination of the moral complexity of the act of whistleblowing in the context of corporate corruption. Whistleblowing may be a morally admirable act underataken by morally ambiguous agents, but can only be fully understood in context. Using German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s essay “What Does It Mean to Tell the Truth?” This essay will examine how the kind of deception sometimes necessary in whistleblowing cases can be testimony to a larger and more profound truth.

Keywords
  • Whistleblowing,
  • Lying,
  • Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Publication Date
January, 2013
Citation Information
Scott R. Paeth. ""The Responsibility to Lie and the Obligation to Report" Journal of Business Ethics (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/scott_paeth/29/