Yes. I think there are a range of tools to help someone remain whole, either while an investigation is going on or if there's been an obvious reaction that's negative.
Transfers are one of the tools that need to be available. I've had cases where it seems that the whistle-blower gets moved to get rid of the problem. That makes everyone happy except the whistle-blower, who enjoyed their job, thought they were doing their job, and thought they were doing it very well, as in fact they were. In that situation, this can be a punishment.
You need a range of tools for this. I keep trying to find ways to think about it. A lot of the people I've worked with in the private sector are security people who started off in the police, and they get that you have a range of witnesses and people giving you bits of information. You don't expect them to prove it. You do your job, and you certainly don't put them in harm's way when you're investigating. We're not talking about criminal conduct necessarily, although we might be.
I think that's the issue for the public sector service. It's to be dealing with this sensibly from the beginning. People are smart. It's about getting people trained properly and what questions you're going to ask when people come to you. Sometimes having you dealing with it properly is the protection the person needs.