Whistleblowing And Sarbanes
Whistleblowing and Sarbanes-Oxley
Bionca Murray
1-20-2015
Law, Ethics, & Corp. Governance
Dr. Campbell
Strayer University
To often employees put up with the wrong doings of their employer, in order to keep their job. Whistleblowers are those rare individuals who are not afraid to stand up for what’s right. Whistleblowing is the act of an employee who believes that public interest overrides the interest of the organization. The person blows the whistle that the organization is in fraudulent, illegal, corrupt, or harmful activity. Whistleblowing involves the disclosure of information that the person has privileged access too. This is one characteristic that makes whistleblowers different from informants. Informants are usually also involved in some illegal affairs and use disclosure to reduce their liability. Other characteristics of a whistleblower would include being deceptive, and manipulative. According to ethicalsystem.org “In a strong ethical environment everyone was more likely to report wrongdoings”. In the early 2000s there was a series of high-profile financial scandals that occurred. “Sarbanes-Okley Act of 2002 was aimed at improving corporate governance and accountability” (http://searchcio.techtarget.com). Today Sarbanes-Okley has helped many of people who have blown the whistle on the wrongdoings, and secrets of many companies; Edward Snowden is not one of them.
“I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can’t allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I’m not going to be part of that.” Edward Snowden was your normal “high-class” American who made a $200,000 annual salary as a contractor. During his employment he began to uncover many of the National Security Agency’s secrets. In May 2013 Edward felt guilty and took it upon his self to start saving the documents that held evidence that the NSA was spying on American
Bionca Murray
1-20-2015
Law, Ethics, & Corp. Governance
Dr. Campbell
Strayer University
To often employees put up with the wrong doings of their employer, in order to keep their job. Whistleblowers are those rare individuals who are not afraid to stand up for what’s right. Whistleblowing is the act of an employee who believes that public interest overrides the interest of the organization. The person blows the whistle that the organization is in fraudulent, illegal, corrupt, or harmful activity. Whistleblowing involves the disclosure of information that the person has privileged access too. This is one characteristic that makes whistleblowers different from informants. Informants are usually also involved in some illegal affairs and use disclosure to reduce their liability. Other characteristics of a whistleblower would include being deceptive, and manipulative. According to ethicalsystem.org “In a strong ethical environment everyone was more likely to report wrongdoings”. In the early 2000s there was a series of high-profile financial scandals that occurred. “Sarbanes-Okley Act of 2002 was aimed at improving corporate governance and accountability” (http://searchcio.techtarget.com). Today Sarbanes-Okley has helped many of people who have blown the whistle on the wrongdoings, and secrets of many companies; Edward Snowden is not one of them.
“I care more about the country than what happens to me. But we can’t allow the law to become a political weapon or agree to scare people away from standing up for their rights, no matter how good the deal. I’m not going to be part of that.” Edward Snowden was your normal “high-class” American who made a $200,000 annual salary as a contractor. During his employment he began to uncover many of the National Security Agency’s secrets. In May 2013 Edward felt guilty and took it upon his self to start saving the documents that held evidence that the NSA was spying on American