Understanding Business
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Author: William Nickels
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To discuss: The effect of new laws on the protection of whistleblowers. The reported unethical behavior of employers by the individual and did it affected the policies, the ways in which it affected the companies stakeholders.
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Whistleblowers are those who work for an organization, and secretly report illegal or unethical behavior going on in the organization.
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whistleblowing and some prominent cases of it. Recent whistleblowing activities in the United States have come under scrutiny because the whistleblower’s activities posed a threat to national security. Do you believe that individuals always have a duty to report wrongdoing? Should whistleblowing cases dealing with national security concerns be handled differently?
List at least 10 ways of protecting the whistleblower in the organization. Do you think these ways are feasible? Would you suggest that companies adopt these mechanisms? Why or why not?
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Understanding Business
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