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Whistleblowing as a means of employer protection
Zajíček, Jan ; Morávek, Jakub (advisor) ; Tomšej, Jakub (referee)
1 Whistleblowing as a means of employer protection Abstract This doctoral thesis regards the term whistleblowing, i.e. the protection of the notifier of harmful conduct. The author has chosen this topic primarily due to the current importance of this topic. The initial part of this thesis is concerned with the general themes, the explanation of the terms, and the history of whistleblowing. In addition, this document analyzes the sources of international laws regarding this phenomenon that relate to the Czech Republic and the Czech legal order. Furthermore, this thesis discusses the European Union legislation relating to whistleblowing and focuses on the Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law, which can currently be considered the most important source of law regarding the whistleblowing and simultaneously to be the template for the Czech national legislation in development. This thesis analyses and documents the contents of this directive. Although the term whistleblowing is still novel to the Czech law, its aspects can be found in several legal branches. Therefore, this thesis considers its sources not only from the perspective of the constitutional, labour, criminal, and administrative law but...
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Whistleblowing in labour relations in the context of the European regulation
Blahová, Luisa ; Tomšej, Jakub (advisor) ; Morávek, Jakub (referee)
Whistleblowing in labour relations in the context of the European regulation Abstract Whistleblowing has been a topic of discussion by professionals and the general public for many years. In October 2019, a European Directive on the protection of whistleblowers was adopted, which gave the Czech legislator a clear deadline for the adoption of legislation. At present, some whistleblowers are provided with partial and ineffective protection, and several unsuccessful legislative proposals have appeared in the past as well. There is a new proposal currently in the stage after being sent to the inter-ministerial comment procedure. This piece briefly introduces the concept of whistleblowing, the purpose and implications of this institute in the light of the international and European documents and case law. Within the theoretical basis of individual elements of whistleblower protection, a new Directive on whistleblower protection is further discussed in detail. Due to the minimalist regulation in several EU Member States, the Directive represents a very progressive regulation. The work also provides a detailed analysis of the Irish Protected Disclosures Act and some of its application problems. The Irish act provides protection to a wide range of people who report essentially any violation or misconduct. The act...
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Prevention and control of corrupt conduct in the Czech Republic
Vařecha, Tomáš ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
1 Abstract This thesis 'Prevention and control of corrupt conduct in the Czech Republic' suggests its aim and issues directly from its title. The corruption is still actual phenomenon that has been regularly mentioned in the media in recent years and remains opened for further research and discussion. There is no doubt that the need for another analysis exists. Only effective and continuous effort to prevent and control corruption can lead to reduction of crime rate and another negative impacts caused by corruption. The impacts of corruption mean not only administering punishments to the persons taking part in corruption but it is also possible to register economic impacts. Moreover, the corruption has adverse effects on our civic society represented by inauspicious influence on public opinion regarding the trust of population in the public administration, state policy or fair, just, equitable and impartial judicial ruling and deciding of other national institutions. This thesis deals with corruption using mostly criminological point of view. However, it was also necessary to use criminal substantive and procedural law knowledge. The corruption is a phenomenon that influences all society to the core, despite the fact that the most of our society is convinced that corruption is prejudicial. It was also...
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Protection against corruption and bribery and their prevention
Kraus, Šimon ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
1 Summary The thesis deals with certain aspects of corruption and its prevention. It focuses mainly on whistleblowing as an instrument of corruption control. The thesis is structured into an introduction, three chapters and conclusion. The first chapter contains a general introduction to the corruption issue. With the aid of several historical examples of corruption cases in various social systems, I attempt to emphasize the complexity and ubiquity of this phenomenon. Further on, the chapter is concerned with clarifying the notion of corruption as well as other key concepts, such as bribery, lobbing etc. The second chapter provides an overview of Czech substantive anti-corruption criminal law with special focus on bribery offences incorporated in Sections 331 to 333 of the Czech Criminal Code. Two excursions are made within this chapter. The first covers the topic of gift acceptance by civil servants based on the new Czech Civil Service Act as well as the potentially corruptive effect of such practice, if allowed even to a limited extent. The second excursion discusses the fundamental differences between lobbing and the criminal offence of indirect bribery according to Section 333 of the Czech Criminal Code. This topic is highly relevant as these two concepts are frequently confused in practice, which is...
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