Comments on ´Would helping ethical professionals get professional societies into trouble?´ by S.H. Unger

The commenter, as a response to the above-mentioned article (ibid., vol.6, no.3, Sept.1987, p.17-21), briefly examines the problems of taking and supporting ethical instances in the workplace, and proposed a possible partial solution. He notes that the pressure not to become a so-called whistle-blower comes from both the employer (and possibly from the customers or other outside sources) and from the other employers who have not taken an ethical stance. As a possible protective mechanism, he suggests that professional societies could set up ethical indemnity insurance schemes, based on members´ contributions, to indemnify their members for monetary losses incurred in the course of ethical fulfillment of their positions.<>