Whistleblowing has been receiving increases attention and support in today critical
economic condition as the practice of whistleblowing may be used in detecting and
correcting wrongdoing in organizations. Malaysia is known as one of the most corrupt
countries even though the government has always provided various initiatives to
encourage the whistleblowing practices. Nevertheless, whistleblowing still not well
exposed for Malaysian as the issue regarding whistleblowing not really being
supported in this country. However, whistleblowing need to be openly exposed to the
society because it will benefit organizations. Therefore, this study aims to examine the
factors that may influence internal whistleblowing practices. This is because internal
whistleblowing practices is perceived as a mechanism that can enhance accountability
and honesty in organizations and create change by deterring and detecting
wrongdoing which includes unethical acts, corporate fraud, mismanagement and
corruption especially within the organizations. Thus, the specific objectives of the
study are to identify the relationship between implementation of whistleblowing
policy, legislative protection, communication channels and organizational may
encourage the internal whistleblowing practices in enhancing good corporate integrity
among employees. This study is based in Kuala Lumpur and focused on the lower,
middle as well as upper level of employees in financial and banking sector which has
been listed under Bursa Malaysia. This study shows that internal whistleblowing
practices may enhance good corporate integrity in an organization.
