Ethical Whistleblowing

Labor Law Whistle Blowing Dillema Labor relations today, are quite different from those that existed in England during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries when employment relationships were considered of very little importance in the eyes of the law. Industrialization and commerce grew bringing with it the birth of modem day labor law. America was in no way exempt from the pain of progress.

Whistle blowing in organizations can be an outstanding source of needed information to the organization. On the other side, that same information that is delivered can have a negative effect on the employee that has decided to take matters in to their own hands and inform management of potential unethical behavior. An article called “Nonprofit whistle-blower employee nets $1.6 million retaliation award” written by Tricia Gorman is in reference to an employee whistle-blower that her place of employment violated the New Jersey Conscientious Employee Protection Act, which is part of the organizations policy for hostile work environment.

Bouville (2008) describes whistleblowing as an act for an employee of revealing what he believes to be unethical or described as an illegal behaviour to a higher management (internal whistleblowing) or to an external authority or the public (external whistleblowing). Whistle-blowers are often seen as traitors to an organisation as they are considered to have violated the loyalty terms of that organisation while some are described as heroes that defend the values and ethics of humanity rather than loyalty to their company. In the medical community, it is the duty of a practitioner aware of patient care being threatened to make it known to those in charge and for those in charge to address the issues and act on it. The General Medical

The two main negative portrayals of business involve a big tobacco company doing anything to try to stop an employee from telling the truth and the other is a news company not wanting to present an interview because it could lead to legal ramifications that could hurt the own network’s

Legal Ethics (LGLS445) Krish Kothari A.Boggio 05/10/15 Edward Snowden Case It is with no doubt that the issue surrounding whether or not Edward Snowden is a traitor or a patriot raises a heated debate. His whistleblowing afforded him both foes and friends with opponents of his action blaming him by labeling him a traitor, as

Whistle-blowers, as the stereotype enforces, are driven by a desire to cause maximum damage through negative headlines. They are illustrated to be fueled by their own agenda or ego and to have no desire in going through the typical outlets of expression. In reality, however, it is almost always the

The purpose of this easy is to argue whether a company support a ‘Whistle-blower’ policy by considering five different types of concepts of ethic: Utilitarianism, The Kantian Ethics theory, Ethics of Justice, Virtue Ethics and Ethics of Justice.

Some of the key characteristics of the whistleblower are the ability to cause dissent, breach loyalty and withstand accusation. Dissent is important because it is one way of ensuring that large bureaucracies operate under a legal, efficient and ethical manner. However, blowing the whistle puts one’s loyalty against the public’s loyalty that may bring shame to the person exposed (Gao, 2011). Accusations result from disloyalty created against the public, and this is neglect and abuse of public interest.

Introduction In this paper, I will cover the characteristics of a whistleblower provide an example of one and cover how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act would be used in this particular event.

In bureaucracy there is a separation of powers, checks, and balances, these internal checks are required because it brings accountability within the bureaucracy. There are four main types of mechanisms that can be put in place, whistleblowing, law judges, senior executive services and the representatives from the demographic. However, these different mechanisms have limited effect on the bureaucracy. Whistleblowing is one of the most effective mechanisms of accountability because superiors are reported on when they partake in any unethical behavior that put the government in a detriment. However, whistleblowing is not easy to do, even though there is a protection act in place for whoever partake in it but the case must be thoroughly be investigated

In the article written by Martha Hamilton, Herve Falciani was a bank computer expert who became a wanted man when he exposed HSBC bank in Sweden. He claimed it was done to expose unethical behavior however, the bank claimed he was a disloyal employee who exposed the bank’s practices for

Whistleblowing in Government and Businesses The twentieth President of the United States once said: “The truth will set you free, but first it will make you miserable” (Quotes, 2008). When there is wrongful doing, illegal activity, or unethical behavior happening within a government industry or business it can be difficult to bring this information out in to the open for the public to know. Whistleblowers have the difficult ethical responsibility, with a lot of scrutiny that happens as well, when telling the truth about their findings about a company that is not doing the right thing. Whistleblowing can create a variety of feelings and ethical perspectives for all that might be involved or even just witness the process unfold and

Whistle blowing Whistle blowing is an attempt of an employee or former employee of a company to reveal what he or she believes to be a wrongdoing in or by a company or organization. Whistle blowing tries to make others aware of practices that are considered illegal or immoral. If the wrongdoing is reported to someone in the company it is said to be internal. Internal whistle blowing tends to do less damage to the company. There is also external whistle blowing. This is where the wrongdoing is reported to the media and brought to the attention of the public. This type of whistle blowing tends to affect the company in a negative way because of bad publicity. It is said that whistle blowing is personal if the wrongdoing affects the

Section 806 of Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) protects whistleblowers who can prove the act of fraud and are employees of public companies. It is forbidden for any other employees of the organization to be engaged in retaliation (Martin, Hoffman, & Casey, 2004). Unfortunately, the employee is not defined in the Act; thus, the defendant was able to find a loophole and won an action.

Sharon Watkins earned her 15 minutes of fame the honest way, as the Enron employee who blew the lid off of then CEO Ken Lay's debauchery. But for every celebrated whistleblower, there are hundreds who remain in the shadows. And for good Samaritans who do tell their tale,