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Employee who calls out bad practices, say
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whistleblower
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an informant who exposes wrongdoing within an organization in the hope of stopping it; "the law gives little protection to whistleblowers who feel the public has a right to know what is going on"; "the whistleblower was fired for exposing the conditions ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A whistleblower is a person who exposes misconduct occurring within an organization. Whistleblower may also refer to: Whistleblower (magazine) , a monthly news magazine Whistleblower (TV series) , a television drama Whistleblower (The Office) , an episode ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
also whistle-blower , 1963 in the figurative sense, American English, from whistle (n.) as something sounded in an alert + agent noun from blow (v.1).
Usage examples of whistleblower.
Following the Exxon Valdez disaster in Alaska, an Exxon-British Petroleum joint venture wiretapped and bugged the home of a whistleblower working with the US Congress.