It took internal whistle-blowing and investigative journalism to uncover the rot.

通过来自内部的检举和调查性报道才揭露出了这一腐败现象。

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The steam whistle is blowing.

汽笛在叫。

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The chance of making a fortune may encourage speculative whistle-blowing in the hope of winning the lottery.

致富的机会可能会给投机的揭发者带来赢得彩票的希望。

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You know, and whether you called it performance goals or quotas, weren't supervisors often pushing up the numbers as some of these tapes provided by whistle blowing police officers certainly seem to indicate.

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If anything, this was close to whistle-blowing: the person did not put their name in the data (in a self-important way), and in fact released a memo suggesting a clear whistle-blowing mentality in the second round of revelations.

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There are advantages for organizations to set up financial bounties in efforts to encourage internal whistle-blowing.

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