Whistleblowers: Voices of Justice

Dr. Costantino Grasso is an Associate Professor in Law at the University of Exeter Law School. As of June 2018, he has been serving as an international expert in the areas of corruption and good governance for the Council of Europe. He qualified as a lawyer in Italy in 2004 and as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2011. His areas of expertise include transnational criminal law, corporate and economic crime, business organization, corporate governance, corporate social responsibility, transparency, investigative journalism, and whistleblowing.

• The Whistleblowers’ Revolution.- PART I - Unveiling the World: Whistleblowing in Global Contexts.- When the State Keeps It on the Hush: On the Limits to the Punishment of Whistleblowers.- Hacks, Leaks and the Technological Boundaries of Public Interest Disclosure.- The New Harmonized European Legal Framework for the Protection of Whistleblowers: The EU Whistleblowing Directive.- Whistleblowing is the Best Antidote for COVID-19: U.S. Case Studies.- The Ownership of Truth During a Significant Public Health Crisis.- PART II - Whistleblowing in Context: Perspectives from Select Jurisdictions.- Official Secrecy, Freedom of Information, Whistleblower Protections and Government Employee Speech: Pieces of the Same Puzzle? An Australian Perspective.- The Difficulties in Implementing Whistleblower Legislation: The Challenging Brazilian Path.- Institutional Barriers to Whistleblower Protection: The Canadian Experience.- Anti-Corruption and Whistleblower Protection Law for the Private Sector in China.- Blowing the Whistle in Italy.- The Protection of Whistleblowers in the United Kingdom – A Critical and Comparative Commentary.- Fear, Futility and Frustration: Concerns of UK Whistleblowers in the Financial Sector.- Whistleblowing the Next Frontier: The Expansion of U.S. Whistleblower Reward Programs Both Domestically and Internationally.- PART III - From Silence to Action: The Courage of Speaking the Truth.- Diary of a “Traitor”: Blowing the Whistle on Tax Haven Jersey.- The Whistleblower’s Dilemma.- Acquiescence versus Dissent in the Corporate World.- Whistleblowing – To Blow or Not to blow: The Lesson from the Wachovia Scandal.- Fighting the Legacy of J. Edgar Hoover: An FBI Corruption Investigator Blows the Whistle on His Own Agency.