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The purpose of this study is to extend Ajzen’s basic model of planned behavior and investigate positively how an organization’s ethical climate influences organizational members’ behavioral intention associated with whistle blowing along with their attitudes towards whistle blowing, subjective norms, behavior control, ethical norms, and perceived risk. According to the study results, ethical climate has been found to influence attitudes towards whistle blowing, subjective norms, behavior control, and ethical norms significantly. Ethical climate, however, does not influence perceived risk and whistle blowing intention significantly. Next, attitudes towards whistle blowing, subjective norms, and ethical norms do not influence whistle blowing intention significantly. Perceived behavior control over whistle blowing, however, does not influence whistle blowing intention significantly. Lastly, organization members’ perceived risk influences their attitudes about whistle blowing and whistle blowing intention significantly. These results imply that as an organization’s ethical atmosphere becomes more solidified, the members come to perceive whistle blowing behavior more positively. Meanwhile, according to the results of verifying correlation between ethical climate, attitudes about whistle blowing, subjective norms, and individuals’ ethical norms and whistle blowing, no statistically significant correlation has been found in it.