Martin, Brian --- "Research that whistleblowers want – and what they need" [2014] ELECD 627; in Brown, J. A.; Lewis, David; Moberly, E. Richard; Vandekerckhove, Wim (eds), "International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2014) 497

Book Title: International Handbook on Whistleblowing Research

Editor(s): Brown, J. A.; Lewis, David; Moberly, E. Richard; Vandekerckhove, Wim

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

ISBN (hard cover): 9781781006788

Section: Chapter 20

Section Title: Research that whistleblowers want – and what they need

Author(s): Martin, Brian

Number of pages: 25

Abstract/Description:

In 2011, I received this email: I am a whistleblower who has been forced into the state industrial commission to fight for a workers’ compensation claim that was denied in February 2010. I represented myself after having legal representation who dropped my case in the review stage as they believed I didn’t have a chance of winning … Can you suggest any type of help? Then there was this one: As a whistleblower being put through the wringer, and this has occurred over a long period of time now, I think you can appreciate the nature and lack of information contained in this email … I’m scared. If I may, I’m a professional investigator of over 20 years experience. I’m amazed, though probably shouldn’t be, that I’ve tabled evidence that is being ignored, including by national and international bodies. Though as I’m sure you appreciate, ain’t I coppin’ it as a result? And this one: I am a former nurse, and I am contacting you in the hope that you will be able to give me advice regarding some whistle blowing that I have undertaken … I have decided to write a book about my experiences and am writing to you in the hope that you could advise me or give me the name of a lawyer who would be able to advise me as to the scope, boundaries and limitations of what can be published.