Whistleblower

A person who exposes misconduct, alleged dishonest or illegal activity occurring within an organisation. The alleged misconduct may be a violation of the law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to the public interest, such as fraud, health and safety violations, and corruption. Whisleblowers may make their allegations internally (to other people within the accused organisation) or externally (to regulators, law enforcement agencies, to the media or to groups concerned with the issues).