Whistleblower

Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act of 2012 Introduction Often the debate arises of whether human-beings are born with an innate sense of “right-from-wrong” and most often the consensus is, yes. The later question might then be, what makes a person question doing the right thing? In the reality of someone who may be labeled a “whistleblower,” apprehension to report wrongdoings may reasonably come from fear of retaliation. Particularly when the wrong-doing is occurring within the federal government

Are government whistleblowers acting in the public interest, or do they endanger the public by exposing classified information? Just as government transparency has waned in recent years, there have been several instances of very public national intelligence whistle-blowing. Large scale leaks such as those published by The Guardian and WikiLeaks have prompted debate on issues of government secrecy, as well as the balance between security and liberty. High profile whistleblowers like Bradley Manning

in and hold anybody accountable for this behavior which created a hostile working environment and promoted a universal unethical culture. In this instance, Griffith would not be sheltered from retaliation under the traditional state and federal whistleblower laws. Federal laws generally protect those that disclose fraud against the government and state law NY Code 740 covers private sector and only when the complaint has been brought to the supervisor first. In the complaint against the State of New

Whistleblower Fired for Exposing Truth/Corrupt Government Contractor By Yolanda Holmes Capella University Abstract Navy performed limited background checks on Thompson and Salvatore Carabetta when project was granted. Shaw Group and Carabetta were feuding during project, company rejected warnings from whistle-blower John Jack, costs escalated and components of houses were downgraded without Navy approval. Navy couldn't get documentation out of American Eagle, Navy didn't act quickly on information

In the case of the VA scandal many of the whistleblowers are scared about what will happen to them once the information is out there. “VA whistleblower reprisal cases received by OSC has been rising quickly, from 405 in fiscal 2013 to a projected 712 for fiscal 2015 – a 75 percent jump” (Davidson). The idea of the whistleblower is that the truth will be exposed and the problems will be fixed. When a whistleblower decides to come forward they are risking their jobs and how other

SNITCHING FOR RICHES: WHISTLEBLOWER BOUNTIES AND THE $96 MILLION CHERYL ECKARD SETTLEMENT Introduction Bounties have been employed by United States government over the history of our Nation. As differentiated from rewards, which offer payment for accomplishment of a specific act such as providing information that leads to the capture of a particular criminal, bounties are tailored to encourage the services or actions by some class of persons in pursuance of a governmental purpose. One of the

Sympathy for Kathy In the novel and film “The Whistleblower” the authors and directors did great jobs making you really connect with characters and sympathize with more than one of them. It was a story that really made you feel an emotional rollercoaster, at least with me there was anger, sadness, frustration, confusion and more. At the same time as there were negative feelings there were the feelings of hope and cheering for certain characters. No matter what was going on I almost always felt some

can be easily detected, and it also promotes an ethical work environment (Berry, 2004).However, whistleblowing is not an easy thing that anyone can do especially in an organization. It always come with consequences that may not only affect the whistleblower but often those he cares deeply about such as spouse and

one of the top tobacco corporations in the United States testified under oath before a congressional subcommittee “nicotine is not addictive” ("50 Years of Tobacco Control"). On February 4, 1996, Dr. Jeff Wigand, became nationally known as a whistleblower after revealing on the news show “60 Minutes” that the tobacco company that he worked for, Brown & Williamson, not only knew that nicotine was addictive, but manipulated its tobacco properties with other chemicals to enhance it’s

many cases whistle blowing is believed to occur when an employee’s loyalty or attachment is in opposition to their job commitment and job satisfaction. When whistle blowing happens it may have a detrimental effect on relationships between the whistleblower and their co-workers. This can create enemies between fellow employees; the whistle blower may be avoided and mistrusted. “Indeed, whistle-blowing can be discouraged or even punished when the image of the whistle blower is seen as “disloyal”