As UAE is increasingly characterized as an economical hub,
economic security is regarded as one of the most important issues
in an ever-growing economic hub of the middle east. An aspect is
appreciated increasingly about the whistleblowing where the
employees play a critical role with respect to the wrongdoings in
the company. It even helps in raising the confidence in the market
along with the effort to popularize the concept of good corporate
governance.
The UAE law explicitly does not define the concept of
whistleblowing. What is meant by the whistleblowing is the act of
unveiling the illegal practices by the employees or the
ex-employees that are carried on within the organization. The
concept of whistleblowing is covered under the penal code of the
UAE which includes a requisite whereby all the individual are
required to report any type of criminal activity. But, when it
comes to practice, the offense of whistleblowing is not the one
that is rigorously imposed.