This incident Challenger present us a case study in organizational communication, ethics and culture as it promotes or discourages necessary communication and the ethics of whistle blowing.…
According to DeGeorge, for whistle-blowing to be considered ethical there first must be a serious harm that the whistle-blowing aims to prevent, which is greater than the harm it causes the firm and stakeholders. In this case, the corrupt activities are very serious and would have posed a greater harm going undetected than the negative media attention and charges brought against the firm. DeGeorge’s second condition states that the whistle-blower is required to first attempt to prevent…
NSA’s Edward Snowden, FBI’s Mark Felt, White House Staffer Linda Tripp, Kerr-McGee’s Karen Silkwood and Sherron Watkins of Enron are all on the same list of famous whistleblowers. All of these people have become famous because they provided information with the sole purpose of revealing wrongdoings by someone or a company. Some believe whistleblowers are traitors and should be punished: while others believe they are heroes and should be honored. Whistleblowers are being acknowledged as a great threat to companies and managers are realizing that they need to know who they are and what they will do if their company is faced with this situation.…
I am a manager of MBI computers in Canada. Like any other computer companies, we have placed our factories abroad for lowing cost. I found that our company is using illegal child labour in dangerous working conditions for our manufacturing line in Mexico through classified documents of MBI computers. On the other side, the cheap labour in Mexican manufacturing facility is necessary for us to compete with the other companies in the whole Canadian market. To consider blowing the whistle or not is not only regarding to the company, but it also very important to myself. As far as I analyze through 4 aspects of view in comprehensive situations: Relativist, Utilitarian, Kantian and Virtue Ethicist.…
Whistleblowers are the main ones that expose white-collar crimes in contemporary society. Whistleblowers are the ones that let the authorities and the public that another person is being involved in illegal activities occurring in the work place. Illegal activities can include fraud, violations of rules, laws, and or procedures. A whistleblower may tell someone within his or her organization or someone in law enforcement. In order to be a whistleblower according to federal authorities, the…
7)Whistleblowing:Identify the unethical baahaviour in questionand determine how its affecting you or the organisation in which you work.…
Employees may report incidents or wrongs doings to senior staff or by using a hotline to remain anonymous and protect themselves.…
If an employee has a concern they can either talk to their line manager verbally or written. They need express valid points to why there whistle blowing. If they cant talk to the line manager because it involves them then they can contact the senior management team or hr manager. All matters have to be dealt with alongside The standards board for England’s whistle blowing policy and procedure.…
Since the 1960s, the public value of whistle blowing has been increasingly recognized. Whistle blowing statutes protect from discharge or discrimination an employee who has initiated an investigation of an employer’s activities or who has otherwise cooperated with a regulatory agency in carrying out an inquiry or the enforcement of regulations. Many states have enacted whistle blower statutes, but these statutes vary widely in coverage. Some statutes apply only to public employees, some apply to both public and private employees, and others apply to public contractors. Under the federal False Claims Act, any person with knowledge of false claims or fraud against the institution may bring a lawsuit in his or her own name and in the name of the United States. As long as the information is not publicly disclosed and the government has not already sued the defendant for the fraud, the whistle blower, who is called a relator in this action, may bring a False Claims Act case. The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is a United States federal law that protects whistleblowers who report agency misconduct. The agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if agency authorities take (or threaten to take) retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that employee or applicant (“Whistle Blower Protection Act”).…
When faced with a difficult situation of morals, choice, and possible destruction of a person’s protection and survival, individuals find themselves in a formidable situation. This is a common occurrence for people who become known as a whistleblower. There is a problem in the United States with protection of individuals for whistleblowing in the workplace, and not enough is being done for these individuals. Whistleblowing is increasing and has become more common, more frequent, and sometimes dangerous. Individuals could potentially face the inability of obtaining another job because they are stigmatized as a whistleblower. This paper will focus on two questions: How does the society’s view support whether someone will blow the…
In every setting there should be a policy and procedures on whistle blowing. The whistle blowing Policy is put into place to provide protection against the person in the work place against victimisation or any form of punishment (physical or verbal) when concerns are genuine. If you suffer any victimisation or punishment due to whistleblowing you may be able to take your case to an Employment Tribunal. If you have any concerns about misconduct or malpractice that is occurring in your work setting you should report it to your manager/supervisor. All information given is confidential. The whistleblower is a person that discloses wrongdoing that threatens others, rather than a complaint about their own treatment.…
However, reporting any actual or potential misconduct can be personally and professionally risky. Whistleblowing is certainly not to be taken lightly. It involves far more than simply stating something does not seem quite right. There is a moral burden for the potential whistleblower, that the issue they want to raise may be addresses appropriately, it at all. Some managers may feel that the complaint is not backed up with other evidence or support from senior staff on the particular unit” (Grainger,…
Whistle-blowing is an example of a public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine. The term refers to an instance of reporting by an employee of an employer’s violation of the law or wrongdoing. A majority of states have established laws that offer some form of protection for whistle-blowers. One congressional act, the Whistleblowers Protection Act, and one statute, the Federal Whistleblower Statute, have also expanded protection for…
Chantale has a few ethical options but we will only focus on one which is whistleblowing; below we describe what whistleblowing is.…
The CVC will be empowered to take action against those who reveal the identity of whistleblowers or those who threaten the whistleblowers while those who make frivolous complaints will also be liable to punishment. The killing of whistleblowers Manjunath Shanmugam and Satyendra Dubey and many Right to Information activists by anti-socials and vested interests has prompted the government to draft the Bill.…