What do you mean by whistle blowing? State the factors involved in this process. Describe the process & write down how to manage whistle blowing.

A basic ethical dilemma is that an engineer has the duty to report to the appropriate authority a possible risk to others from a client or employer failing to follow the engineer's directions. According to first principles, this duty overrides the duty to a client and/or employer. An engineer may be disciplined, or have their license revoked, even if the failure to report such a danger does not result in the loss of life or health.

        In many cases, this duty can be discharged by advising the client of the consequences in a forthright matter, and ensuring the client takes the engineer's advice. However, the engineer must ensure that the remedial steps are taken and, if they are not, the situation must be reported to the appropriate authority. In very rare cases, where even a governmental authority may not take appropriate action, the engineer can only discharge the duty by making the situation public. As a result, whistle blowing by professional engineers is not an unusual event, and courts have often sided with engineers in such cases, overruling duties,. to employers and confidentiality considerations that otherwise would have prevented the engineer from speaking out.