Why People Refuse to Blow the Whistle in Ghana

Abstract

The study uses specific cases from Ghana which has been reported in the Ghanaian media and the Whistleblowers Act of Ghana to undertake this study. The study is to understand why people do not blow the whistle against wrongdoers in the Ghanaian public sector even when they have admissible evidence. It is understood from the study that people may have different reasons for not blowing the whistle. The study makes some recommendations for an enforcement of rules and regulations governing whistle blowing in Ghana and for whistleblowers to put the Whistleblowers Act to test when their rights are trampled upon after they blow the whistle.

Keywords: Ghana, whistleblowing, whistleblowers Act 720