does the word Whistleblower mean (legally speaking)? Give an example of whistleblowing. Answer: Whistleblowing is the act of providing information to law enforcement or regulatory agencies about a business that is engaged in suspected illegal or improper activities (El‚ 2013). Employees may also notify management about a co-worker’s unlawful activities. To protect the public interest and encourage employees’ disclosure of illegal or unethical activities‚ Congress passed the Whistleblower Protection
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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
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Case Brief Citation: New World Communications of Tampa‚ Inc.‚ d/b/a WTVT-TV v. Jane Akre February 14‚ 2003. Denied February 25‚ 2004. 866 So. 2d 1231 District Court of Appeal of Florida‚ Second District. Facts: In 1998‚ investigative reporting team‚ Jane Akre and her husband Steve Wilson‚ brought suit against their employer WVTV‚ a subsidiary of Fox TV‚ under violation of Florida’s whistle-blower statutes. They argued that the station had terminated their employment under
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Pressures 59 63 65 71 79 3.2 Nathan Johnson’s Rental Car Reimbursement Solving Ethical Dilemmas–Should He Pocket the Cash? Recognizing It’s a Fraud and Evaluating What to Do . . . . . . 3.3 The Anonymous Caller 3.4 WorldCom The Story of a Whistleblower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Hollinger International . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Realities of Audit-Related Litigation
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List of Criminal Cases in the Philippines Human nature being what it is‚ crimes do happen even in the most peaceful places. Whenever a violent or especially grisly crime hits the headlines‚ people wonder what causes other people to commit crimes. Defining the criminal mind is not an exact science; until now‚ there is no single comprehensive explanation for why people commit crimes.[1] People who commit crimes come from different backgrounds‚ lifestyle and social status. Some of them become well-known
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Madoff Securities Case Choukri Alaoui Liberty University Madoff Case Summary On December 11‚ 2008‚ Madoff was under arrest by federal agents and charged in a twenty years securities scheme that was the largest fraud in the history of Wall Street. On March 12‚ 2009‚ he pleaded guilty to all the federal charges filed against him counting securities fraud‚ money laundering and perjury. He had been one of the most valued financiers in Wall Street up to this scheme. He was nothing but another individual
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aspects of evaluating the risks with patent encroachment The most common thing to have happen is a cease and desist letter will be sent that has some very basic facts like the competitors exclusive rights and the infringing companies ’ product. If willful infringement is charge and found the damages can be increased by as much as three times the actual damages‚ making it a very costly court battle. A patent opinion is usually written and will serve many purposes. If infraction is found the opinion
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be award unemployment compensation if she violated rules in the work‚ which would lead to misconduct? Rules: Boynton Cab Co. v. Neubeck‚ 237 Wis. 249‚ 259-60‚ 296 N.W. 636‚ 640 (1941) “. . . ‘misconduct’ . . . is limited to conduct evincing such willful or wanton disregard of an employer’s interests as is found in deliberate violations or disregard of standards of behavior which the employer has the right to expect of his employee‚ or in carelessness or negligence of such degree or recurrence as
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Class 2 The difference between what the public thinks it is getting in audited financial statements and what the public is actually getting is known as: Expectations gap Which corporate report discusses subjects that include environmental‚ health and safety‚ philanthropic and other social impacts? Corporate social responsibility report According to the authors‚ ethical corporate behavior is expected to lead to: Higher profitability in the long-term The following would be a key control function
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Case Brief 764 P.2d 1316 Supreme Court of New Mexico. Billie J. RODMAN‚ Petitioner–Appellant‚ v. NEW MEXICO EMPLOYMENT SECURITY DEPARTMENT and Presbyterian Hospital‚ Respondents–Appellees. No. 17721.Nov. 30‚ 1988. Written By: Lawrence Pelkey Facts: Billie J. Rodman‚ Appellant was employed by Presbyterian Hospital as a unit secretary for eight years when‚ on Feb 17‚ 1987‚ she was terminated under hospital personnel policies following a “third corrective action” notice. Prior restrictions
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