Proceedings of the 2026 6th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2026)

2026 6th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2026)

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Research on the Impact of Corporate Whistleblowing Climate on Top Management Safety Violations

Authors
Lan Chen1, *
1School of Management Science and Engineering, Anhui University of Technology, Ma’anshan, 243032, China
*Corresponding author. Email: 861390930@qq.com
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Lan Chen
Available Online 9 July 2026.
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-719-4_15How to use a DOI?
Keywords
workplace safety; top managers; safety violations; bottom-line mentality; formal punishment; informal punishment
Abstract

This study elevates whistleblowing research from the individual behavioral level to the organizational climate level. Based on deterrence theory, it constructs a research model examining how whistleblowing climate influences executive safety violations, exploring the mediating role of perceived formal and informal sanctions and the moderating effect of executives’ bottom-line mentality. A questionnaire survey of 260 production department supervisors and executives in high-risk industries reveals: a significant negative correlation exists between whistleblowing climate and executive safety violations; perceived formal and informal sanctions mediate this relationship; executive bottom-line mentality positively moderates the link between whistleblowing climate and safety violations. This study is the first to validate the organizational effectiveness of whistleblowing climate in the field of workplace safety. It reveals a dual-path mediation mechanism and its boundary conditions for suppressing executive safety violations, providing theoretical foundations and practical insights for curbing accidents at their source and enhancing safety governance.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2026 6th International Conference on Enterprise Management and Economic Development (ICEMED 2026)
Series
Advances in Economics, Business and Management Research
Publication Date
9 July 2026
ISBN
978-94-6239-719-4
ISSN
2352-5428
DOI
10.2991/978-94-6239-719-4_15How to use a DOI?
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© 2026 The Author(s)
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Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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