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Whisteblowing, employment relationships and development of whistleblowing legislation in the Czech Republic
Koblerová, Markéta ; Pichrt, Jan (advisor) ; Morávek, Jakub (referee)
In the submitted diploma thesis, the author deals with the topic of whistleblowing, in other words protected disclosure of wrongdoing, which is highly topical issue in the Czech Republic over the last decade. This issue gained attention with the first publicly known cases of Czech whistleblowers and also with several submitted legislative proposals for a complex legal regulation of the regime of protected disclosure in the Czech Republic. In the first part of the thesis, the author defines the concept of whistleblowing, in particular through several legal definitions from various authors. This part also deals with the development of the institute in the Anglo-Saxon countries as well as with its overlap into other sectors. Its related aspects are also discussed, namely the concept of labor-law relations and the duty of loyalty. On the whole, the first chapter should provide a more comprehensive view of the whistleblowing institute in order to draw the most important elements needed in the possible regulation of protected disclosure. The second chapter presents international commitments of the Czech Republic related to the regulation of this institute and consisting the most important documents adopted by European Union and other important international organizations, including some relevant case-law of the...
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