Public Concern at Work is the whistleblowing charity One of the most significant endorsements of our work came in 1995 from the, which accepted our view that unless staff thought it safe and acceptable to raise concerns about misconduct internally, the likely result was that they would stay silent or leak the information There was, however, no need to develop a wholly fresh approach, as we found much support and guidance in the case law on confidentiality and the public interest The media, while disappointed that the cases our legal helpline handled were confidential, proved invaluable in promoting our message and publicising our work Within our first year, a number of leading employers also offered their support, some having learnt, from bitter experience, the costs of a culture where their employees had minded their own business