Czy wynagradzanie sygnalistów poprawi skuteczność whistleblowingu oraz wykrywalność nieprawidłowości?
Is remunerating whistleblowers going to improve the effectiveness of whistleblowing itself and the detection of fraudalent activities?

Summary/Abstract: The still unimplemented EU Directive 2019/1937 of October 23, 2019 (known as the Whistleblower Directive) in Poland imposes a series of obligations on businesses related to the protection of whistleblowers, including the establishment of secure channels for reporting irregularities. According to ACFE reports, whistleblowers are the most important source of information about fraud, making their protection particularly significant. In addition to a sense of security, an additional motivator for whistleblowers to report abuses and fraudulent activities could be financial rewards, which is a common practice in the USA, where whistleblowers receive compensation for information that leads to a SEC investigation and the imposition of fines. In Polish subject literature there is little discussion about whether introducing financial rewards for whistleblowers would improve the effectiveness of combating a wide range of financial irregularities and fraudulent activities, not only internal ones but also in the financial market and other industries. The aim of the article is to address the issue of the rationality of rewarding whistleblowers financially, using a survey-based study. The conclusion outlines recommendations arising from the study.

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