RESTful Web Services-Based Whistleblowing Systems Development for Higher Education

Integrity concerns in higher education are becoming increasingly important in academics, finances, and ethics. Insufficient integrity can harm an organization’s finances, morale, or fairness. Various whistleblowing systems to report integrity violations have been developed to match the needs and characteristics of each higher education institution. However, many higher education institutions do not yet have a secure reporting infrastructure to protect the anonymity whistleblower’s identity and the system’s security. The development of whistleblowing systems that can adapt to the needs of various institutions and respond to the needs of institutions that do not yet have a system can be accomplished through the development of RESTful web services-based system that has advantages in terms of interoperability, platform independence, scalability, security, and integration with third-party systems. This paper explores the concept of developing whistleblowing systems using RESTful web services for various higher education institutions.