Whistleblower

to the Congressional Research Service, whistleblowing is defined as “making a disclosure evidencing illegal or improper government (and corporate) activities” (Whitaker cited in Koh, 2012). The individuals who make these disclosures are termed whistleblowers, and while the information they expose is protected by legislation and codes of conduct, they are usually not afforded the same level of protection, and indeed, are open to prosecution for breaking the law. The purpose of this report is to evaluate

INTRODUCTION The number of whistleblowing incidents has increased exponentially in recent years. Two of the most major being Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins (Whistleblowers of both Worldcom and Enron). There has been an increase in exposure of current wrongdoings to the supervisory bodies and enforcement agencies worldwide. (Bowen et al., 2008). It's sometimes said that Ralph Nader came up with the term, but the practice of whistleblowing goes back to the late 19th century. British personnel

3.) When looking at the IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice, there were some steps that Betty Vinson could have taken to avoid any of the punishments that were given to her. Before following any of the IMA’s recommended actions of recourse, Vinson should have referred to WorldCom’s recognized policies on ethical behavior and follow the actions that they have written and approved to take. If WorldCom’s executives still were demanding her to falsify the journal entries after following her

Review “Just pucker and blow: An analysis of corporate whistleblowers” in Chapter 2. Please respond to the following: Describe the conflict faced by corporate insiders who discover unethical or illegal activities within their organization. Corporate insiders must act in good faith and in a manner that they

Bryan Sherwood OIT ID: 918214744 PHIL 342 8/14/2015 Whistleblowing is the act that employees commit when they cry foul on their own organization for misdoings, corruption and illegality. I shall argue that whistleblowing in the workplace is “sometimes permissible” in order to keep businesses and corporations in check. I shall do so by presenting the best argument for whistleblowing to be “sometimes permissible” and not “always permissible”. The argument for whistleblowing will focus on the issue

The whistleblower is trying to prevent the company from getting into a deeper trouble in the future that can possibly impacts consumers and other workers.When the company is doing illegal activities, it shows that they’re breaking the rule in the first place; therefore

With some punishments for whistleblowing being ostracism, harassment, and demotion, people deem the amercements as unreasonable (Martin). These kinds of punishments are usually doled out to whistleblowers who work for large businesses, making their work environment more hostile and uncomfortable. Whistleblowers get themselves into these situations when they expose information about controversial and illegal actions committed by a company in the hopes that they will face justice or make corrections

“Whistleblowing and Employee Loyalty,”Duska describes the conflict that occurs between the act of whistleblowing and the obligation for an employee to be loyal to their employer. To understand this conflict, one must first understand what a whistleblower is, a whistleblower is one who spotlight neglect or abuses within their own professional organization. The conflict occurs because an individual is incriminated their own workplace, which can cause conflict among the employees and the employer. The question

which the U.S. had full knowledge (Madar 2). Manning’s actions were not rewarded as those of a patriot whistleblower but treated as those of a war time spy or criminal. The twenty-two charges, the most serious of which is ‘aiding the enemy’ who was identified by the prosecution in his case as Al Qaeda (Marshall), could result in life in prison. The Military Whistleblowers Protection Act outlines protection against reprisals as a result of disclosing evidence of improper or illegal activities

The Whistleblowing Case Studies There are various cases about whistleblowing, one of them is the case of Motorola CFO, Paul Liska.1 He has been fired after giving a presentation. In the presentation, Liska pointed out to Motorola directors that the cell phone unit, Mobile Devices, missed its sales projection for the preceding three months. Liska intended to attack Sanjay Jha, the head of Motorola’s cell phone division, by doing the presentation at the board meeting. The whistleblowing occurred because