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Yini efika emqondweni wakho uma uzwa igama elithi, “impempe”? Imvamisa, leli gama lakha izithombe zabasebenzi ababeka imisebenzi yabo nezindlela zokuziphilisa emgqeni ukuze badalule ukungafanele emsebenzini njengokukhwabanisa noma okunye ukuhlukumeza noma ngabe akukho emthethweni, akunasimilo noma akulungile. Kwelinye lamabhulogi wami wangaphambilini, ngabhala ngokuya esifundweni sikaSherron Watkins, owayengomunye wabashayi bezimpi ababedalula udaba luka-Enron. Kwakungakholeki ukuzwa ukuthi uNks.Watkins wayehambe kanjani ekubeni phakathi kwesiyingi sangaphakathi e-Enron, ukuthola ukuthi ama-Enron execs asebenzisa kanjani amaqhinga okukhwabanisa ukukhuphula intengo yesitoko se-Enron nokusebenzisa izimakethe zegesi yemvelo. Okubi kakhulu lapho abaphathi abafanayo babebalekele izimali zomhlalaphansi zabasebenzi bakwa-Enron ukuze bakhokhele izikweletu. Lapho indlu yamakhadi iwa, u-Enron wehla kanzima futhi abaningi abangaphakathi kwe-Enron ephezulu babhekana nesikhathi sejele, kuyilapho abasebenzi bakwa-Enron (kubandakanya iWatkins) besala bengenamisebenzi noma impesheni.

Kodwa-ke, akubona bonke abashaya impempe abafanayo. Thatha isibonelo somsebenzi kaMatthiesen, uBjorkelo noBurke (2011), owayebhale incwadi enesihloko esithi: Ukuxhashazwa Emsebenzini njenge-Dark Side of Whistleblowing. Banikezela ngencazelo ephelele yabo bobabili impempe yokuzincama kanye nalabo abashaya impempe abagqugquzelwa ukuzicabangela bona bodwa. UMiethe (1999) uveza ukuthi yize abanye abashaya impimpi bengabonakala njengabantu abazidelayo, abazidelayo abathatha izinyathelo "ngezindleko ezingajwayelekile zomuntu" abanye bangachazwa kangcono "njengabaqhoshayo nabazikhukhumezayo" (okuvame ukuchazwa ngokuthi "izifutho", "amagundane", "Ama-moles", "finks" kanye ne "blabbermouths" .Ngakho-ke kubalulekile ukubheka izisusa zalabo abashaya impempe.Isibonelo, bashukunyiswa umuzwa wonembeza wokuziphatha ukuze kulungiswe iphutha elithile noma ukuletha isenzo sokulungisa ezimweni lapho izinkampani , izinhlangano noma abantu basebenza ngokungemthetho, ngokuziphatha okubi noma ngokungekho emthethweni? Lolu hlobo lwempempe luvame ukwenza izinto ngokuzithandela ukuze lusizakale kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, kuthiwani ngezimo lapho "impempe" ingenzi ngokusekelwe kuzinhloso zokuzidela njengokuveza inkohlakalo, ukukhwabanisa noma ukwenza okungalungile kodwa kunalokho kwenziwa ngenxa yokuhaha, ukuziphindiselela, noma ukwandisa amathuba okuzithuthukisa ekunyuseni izikhundla ezinkampanini? noma ukudala imininingwane engamanga ukuze kwehliswe umphathi, u-CEO noma osebenza naye futhi angenza lokho ngokungaziwa, noma kunjalo, ngaphansi kwemithetho ekhona yezimpimpi laba bantu nabo bazovikelwa ekuziphindiseleni, ngendlela efanayo nalabo abadalula ukukhwabanisa noma ukweba ngenhloso yokuziphatha noma izizathu zokuzidela ziyavikelwa. Iningi lethu alinankinga nokuthi abamemezeli beqiniso banikezwe ukuvikelwa ngaphansi komthetho lapho imbangela yabo ilungile futhi ilungile, kepha kuthiwani ngabashayi bezinkohliso abakhohlisa futhi baqambe amanga ukuze bazithuthukise? Awusiwo yini omunye weMiyalo Eyishumi, “Awuyikufakaza ngamanga ngomakhelwane wakho”? Ngamanye amagama, ungenzi amanga ngabanye abantu, akunjalo?

Esimweni sokushaywa kwamakhwela ngenkohliso esikwenzayo thina uqobo, umqondisi wesigaba sikaHulumeni woMbuso owayeqokwe nguMbusi waleso sifundazwe ngobungcweti bakhe neminyaka engama-20 yokuhlangenwe nakho emsebenzini wakhe wanyanyiswa yiqembu labaphathi bezenhlalakahle lidluliselwe ukukhushulwa. Ekugcineni umqondisi waphoqeleka ukuthi ashiye phansi lapho esolwa ngokunikeza “abangani bakhe” izibonelelo, kanti empeleni, ukunwetshwa kwesibonelelo kwakuwumkhuba owamukelekayo kulabo ababengaphambi kwakhe. Futhi lonke idola lemali yesibonelelo elisetshenzisiwe lalibalwa njengoba kuya kumaphrojekthi wokwakha nokwandiswa kwensizakalo yohlelo. Ngiyethemba ukuthi ungabona kulesi sibonelo ukuthi kungani ochwepheshe abaningi bengafuni nxenye yombuso noma uhulumeni wesifundazwe ngenxa yezinhlobo zokuhleba esizichaza kafushane ngenhla, kanye nethephu ebomvu evimbela abantu abazibophezele ekutheni bakwazi ukwenza okulungile futhi bathole izinto kwenziwe. Esikhundleni salokho iningi lezikhulu eziphethe lifunda ukuthi uwudlala kanjani umdlalo. Okwenza izinto zibe zimbi kakhulu kulapho “abangaphandle” kuhulumeni noma kuhulumeni bamiswa ezikhundleni zokuphatha ngaphandle kwabasebenzi ababasekelayo. Imvamisa abahlali isikhathi eside futhi umyalezo abaqhamuka nawo uthi “ochwepheshe abadingi ukufaka isicelo”.

Ngakho-ke yini esingayifunda kule ndaba "yempempe"? Okokuqala, akubona bonke abashaya impempe abanesibindi, abanesimilo futhi abangazinikeli njengoSherron Watkins noma usokhemisi, uJeff Wigand odalule amanga embonini kagwayi emphakathini mayelana nokulimala kwangempela kokubhema ugwayi. Akubona bonke abamangaleli abangaziwa nabasusa impempe abanezisusa ezilungile. Abanye bazimisele ukuqhubekisela phambili imisebenzi yabo futhi baphaphe izidleke zabo. Lapho kunqunywa ukuthi yikuphi, kukhona iziphakamiso ezimbili: 1) ukunquma ukuthi ngubani ohlomulayo ekuthatheni isinyathelo kukamlobi bese u-2) alandele imali ... isb. othola imali.

Kubo bonke ososociopaths-in-training laphaya, uma ufuna ukuqeda umphathi wakho, osebenza naye noma i-CEO, qamba amanga ngabo bese uhlala phansi ubukele iziqhumane. Yithi balala nezimvu noma okunye ngokufana nokuthukuthele ngoba ngesikhathi uthuli selulungisiwe futhi umphathi wakho noma umphathi wakho ekhishwa enkantolo, kusazobakhona labo abakholwa yikho konke abakufunda ephephandabeni futhi abasazocabanga, “mhlawumbe umphathi wayelala nezimvu ”. Thatha isibonelo njengombusi wamanje waseNew Jersey, uChris Christie. Kube nezimo ezimbili ezinkulu lapho uChristie asolwa khona ngokungafanele. Esokuqala nesisanda kwenzeka ngehlazo leBridge Gate, eliqala nje ukuthola ukuthambeka okuthile. Abanye bathi iBridge Bridge kungenzeka ukuthi iyona ebiyimbangela enkulu yokuthi kungani uChristie engakhethwanga njengomlingani kaTrump. Elinye lalithinta udaba olwaphulwa yiNew York Times ngo-2012 elalisola ukuthi izibopho zikaChristie nezivumelwano zezigidi zezigidi zanikezwa izindlu eziholwa nguhulumeni kubantu abaphuma emajele asezifundazweni. Iphephandaba iThe Times libike ukuthi eziningi zalezi zindlu eziholwa maphakathi nendawo zazingagadiwe kahle futhi kwakujwayelekile ukuthi izakhamuzi ezihlala emakhaya zihambe ngaphambi kokusebenza isikhathi sazo. Kwesinye sezibonelo ezinjalo, omunye walaba ababeyizinduna, uDavid Goodell, owasuka kule ndlu engahambi kahle, wabulala owayeyintombi yakhe. (Kuzwakala kufana necala likaWilly Horton elalikhungethe umuntu ozongenela ukhetho lukaMongameli, umkhankaso kaMichael Dukakis?) Kodwa yize kunendaba enamakhasi amaningi eNew York Times yintatheli uSam Dolnick, izinsolo abekwa zona uChristie azikaze zithandeke. Abaningi kuze kube namuhla, basabuza ukuthi kungani?

Ngakho-ke kukhona okufanele ucabange ngakho. Kungani ezinye izehlakalo zangempela zokungalungi, ukukhwabanisa noma inkohlakalo ezibikwe ngabasebenza empimpini zingalokothi zenze ushintsho olukhulu (njengakwisimo sikaMbusi uChristie) kanti kwezinye izimo ukumangalelwa ngamanga okwenziwa yilabo abangabazi kahle kungaholela ekutheni abantu abafanelekile balahlekelwe yimisebenzi. Lokhu kungenza isifundo esithandekayo ukubheka izimo lapho izinsolo zempempe zithola ukuthambeka lapho kwezinye izimo ziwela eceleni kwendlela.

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