Retaliatory Schadenfreude and why Whistleblowing Laws can’t Protect against Retaliation.
Revenge is sweet and not fattening. –Alfred Hitchcock Whistleblowing legislation has focused and promoted itself around protecting a whistleblower from retaliation. However, the word protect is a misnomer. The etymology of the word Protect arises from Latin, to ‘cover something upfront’. Think about the word prophylactic and you'll get it! The meaning [...]