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June 22, 2026Financial Accountability and Management

Processing, Sensemaking, and Organizing Moral Excuses of Whistleblowers in Public Organizations: Religiosity Perspectives

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AMAch Maulidi

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Overview

Qualitative study explores how religiosity influences moral hesitation in public organizations, suggesting implications for ethical training.

Key Points

  • This research investigates how religiosity impacts the hesitation of whistleblowers in public organizations, focusing on moral excuses.
  • Interviews with 23 senior officials in local governments
  • Exploration of four themes related to faith-driven moral hesitation
  • Analysis of the cyclical process of processing, sensemaking, and organizing
  • Participants expressed that intuition leads to discomfort in whistleblowing decisions.
  • Morally justifying silence was framed through religious narratives like patience and mercy.
  • Silence was viewed as a moral identity, legitimized by social and spiritual factors.

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Ach Maulidi (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a38d0fdda1bad9caca30c7dhttps://doi.org/10.1111/faam.70046
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