Examples Of Whistleblowing

In addition, whistleblowers should be portrayed as being good in order for society to begin seeing them in a positive way. Furthermore, the government should make this type of crimes a public matter. Allowing the public to be able to see all charges and outcome regarding these cases could bring out other wrongdoings in other organizations. The government should also impose greater punishment such as jail time for these types of crimes rather than imposing fines that they are able to

According to Bok and Larmer (2012), “whistle-blower is a nearly mythical character- the brace, lonely person who exposes evil in the corporate or government bureaucracy” (p. 174). The question is whether blowing the whistle violates company loyalty or not. Bok, who asserts that loyalty is acting in a way that the company believes is in their best interests. However, Larmer argues that loyalty is acting in a way that reflects what one believes to be in the company’s best interests. This paper argues against Bok’s side by providing examples, scenarios, and research. The presupposition that whistle blowing does not violate company loyalty is true because one should do what is right for the public interest and oneself since the company is being

Review “Just pucker and blow: An analysis of corporate whistleblowers” in Chapter 2. Please respond to the following:

The challenger disaster that took place in January 28 has led to the explosion of the shuttle itself and the death of all the crew members including the chosen teacher. A real disaster that occurred due to some wrong decisions and overriding some important information from professional employees within the company is considered a real catastrophe. Applying pressure on senior management team of the company that has developed the rocket in order to change their opinion about launching can be considered to be another catastrophe. All these misjudgment actions from the NASA team and the Morton Thiokol team have lead to the challenger real crisis.

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.

The article I found by Thompson discusses risk and rewards of whistle blowing, the example used was from 1994 and the CEOs of the seven major American tobacco companies tested before Congress that nicotine was not addictive Shortly afterwards, Jeffrey Wigand, then head of research and development at Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., gave the lie to that, rest in a deposition in a lawsuit brought by the State of Mississippi and then in an interview on 60 Minutes. This resulted in the tobacco companies reaching a $246 billion multistate settlement in 1998. Wigand underwent a smear campaign and said that he and his family received death threats. Whistle blowing ended his marriage. The maverick doesn’t consider himself a hero. He has said, “People were dying. I was loyal to a higher order of ethical responsibility.” The 1999 movie The Insider depicts some of this saga and Wigand now lectures worldwide, offers expertise on tobacco issues, and runs the nonprofit Smoke-Free Kids, Inc.

Whistle blowing is the act of an employee exposing a company’s misconduct, illegal activity, or threats to the public. Whistle blowing is protected under Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) act of 2002 section 806. There are two different types of whistleblowing, internal and external. Internal is when an employee discovers misconduct and reports it to a supervisor or executive to handle the issue. External whistleblowing is when an employee reports a company’s misconduct to external parties such as law enforcement or media. O’Brien had to complete both types of whistleblowing. When he reported it to Amgen’s upper management and no action was taken, he then sought out legal representation to discuss the issue and his wrongful termination.

Almost three years after long waits for medical appointments for veterans exploded into a nationwide scandal, the Phoenix VA hospital at the center of the crisis still is not providing timely care, a watchdog group documented Monday.

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 opposite that is true. Executives or individuals in positions of authority may often have a chance to prevent whistle-blowing becoming publicly damaging, yet often down the opportunity due to the detrimental consequences it may have on them politically or economically.

It talks about the four components that Ethics Program must have. They are code of conduct, whistle-blowing system, training program, and ethics officer. These four components are very important because it helps in preventing unlawful acts. Code of conduct would show the rules and responsibility of an individual and teach ethical behavior. Whistle blowing system is where encouragement is given for anonymous reporting of wrongful acts at all levels of organization. In the book," Doing Well and Good" by Julian Friedland under chapter 11, Legislative Excess or Regulatory Brilliance, it talks about how whistle blowing system should be published. It states that "8B2.1 recommends that the established whistle bowing system be widely publicized and that it allows for anonymous reporting so that the low-level corporate employee or agent need not fear retaliation". I agree here with the author because I think if it is published anonymously, then people will be able to view and know what is actually going on. It would also allow low level employees to come forward and speak about the wrongfulness without being in a fear of a revenge. I think it is a good system for employees at all levels. There might be employees who are unable to speak due to fear of losing a job,

The Whistle-blower Policy is a concept that organizations encourage their employees and external clients to report any improper activities such as fraud, corruption, or any other illegal actions. (UC Berkeley, 2017) The Whistle-blower policy is from the 1960s, but it is nor effective policy.((Santa University, 2017) Most of the employees cannot raise their issues. Usually, the problem is concealed rather than solve, due to the lake of protection of privacy of whistle-blower, until the authorization

“Maintaining an ethical culture may be impossible if CEO’s and other top officers do not support an ethical culture” (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2015, Pg232). An employee can choose to refuse participation in the illegal and unethical acts and follow their own values (Ferrell, Fraedrich & Ferrell, 2015). Furthermore, An employee can choose to report the wrongdoing either internally or externally which is defined as becoming the whistleblower of an organization. As an Executive of Fraud Complaint Management, Eileen Foster chose to follow her on values and uphold the code of ethics at Countrywide Financial. As a result of her whistleblower activity, Ms. Foster was terminated from her duties in September 2008 (GAP, 2012).

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.

The whistleblower him or herself must be carefully scrutinized. What are the personal and the professional reputations of the whistleblower? What is the motive driving the whistleblower? Is it to benefit the client or the organization, or is it a need for attention or revenge? Is the whistleblower's cause seen as legitimate and significant by trustworthy colleagues and friends? Is the whistleblower aware of the potential consequences of blowing the whistle and still willing to accept responsibility for actions taken?

1. Is whistle blowing violation of positive duty to the employer/organization? Under what conditions an employee can justify such violation?  How exactly is the duty of loyalty owed to the employer/organization weighed against the duty to the public and larger society?