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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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    Whistleblowing 1. Whistleblowing: Meaning‚ Kinds‚ (refer hard copy notes) Precluding the need for whistleblowing Note: for ‘precluding the need for whistleblowing’ you may also refer handwritten notes for further insight 2. Marketing Truth and Advertising: Manipulation & Coercion‚ Allocation of moral responsibility in advertising 3. Trade Secrets Note: Refer hard copy notes for 1‚2‚3 or “Business Ethics” by M G Velasquez chapter- 8 (individual in the organization )and chapter-6

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    ( Facts of the Case   ( Issues faced   ( Multiple options of solutions recommended by you    ( Best recommended solution acceptable to you   ( Answers to each of the questions‚ of the case‚ very briefly    1. How liable should companies be for violent acts that are committed during work by their own employees? Answer: Companies should be fully liable for the welfare of its employees. Protective measures must be taken to ensure safe working environments for its

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    The Life of a Whistle Blower 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

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    What is responsibility whistle-blower A whistleblower is a person who raises a concern about wrongdoing occurring in an organization or body of people‚ usually this person would be from that same organization. The revealed misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example‚ a violation of a law‚ rule‚ regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest‚ such as fraud‚ health/safety violations‚ and corruption. Whistleblowers may make their allegations internally (for example‚ to other people

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    Chapter Four – Whistle-Blowing What is Whistle-Blowing? Whistle-blowing is the voluntary release of non-public information‚ as a moral protest‚ by a member or former member of an organization to an appropriate audience outside the normal channels of communication regarding illegal and/or immoral conduct in the organization that is opposed to the public interest. The Key Points in this Definition are: 1. A whistle-blower is a member or former member of an organization and not an outsider

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    WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic literature as appropriate. A whistle-blower is an organisation member

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    Jeffrey Wigand Dr. Jeffrey Wigand is best known as the whistle blower against the Brown and Williams Tobacco Corporation (B&W). He revealed the unethical tactics B&W used to target youth‚ and how they deluded many patrons of the addictiveness of nicotine in tobacco. Dr. Wigand was born in New York City‚ however‚ he claims Mt. Pleasant‚ Michigan as his home. He travels extensively about the nationally as a motivational speaker‚ lecturer and specialist on various tobacco issues. In addition he

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    your moral position on the matter Whistle-blowing is the release of information by a member or former member of an organization that is evident of illegal conduct in or by the organization. Morality on the other hand can be defined as the concern with the distinction between right or wrong conduct. There are basically four categories of whistle-blowing in the organization. Whistle blowing can be internal‚ external‚ personal or impersonal. Internal whistle-blowing is where the matter is reported

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    CASE ONE WHISTLE BLOWERS : SAINTS OR SINNER? 1) Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members‚ or is it‚ as David Stetler believes‚ often a means to extort large financial gains from companies? Is having a strong ethics whether they are ethical or unethical practices make it easier for a person to take action than for that person to process the making of decisions and choices for today ‘s ethically working environment? I feel that in this case of Douglas Durand

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