Despite uncertainty, whistleblowers still have incentives to report misconduct

Whistleblowing in the United States is being buffered by uncertainty from regulators who are backing off policing corruption  and consumer protections. Regulators like the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission are being thrown into disarray by layoffs and restructuring. Still, whistleblowers will likely continue coming forward.

Whistleblower experts told attendees at the 2025 Compliance Week National Conference in Washington, D.C. on Monday that they have seen no indication that whistleblowing activity has curtailed in response. Quite the opposite, one panelist called the landscape “active and robust,” despite other experts warning about the Trump administration’s potential “chilling effect”  on whistleblowing.