Essays Tagged: "Whistleblower"

Whistleblowing

(3 pages) 160 0 4.3 Nov/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Critical Issue Analysis Does Blowing the Whistle Violate Company Loyalty?

ncerns are not given fair hearings by their employer or company. This results in damage to both the whistleblower and the organization. Yet if wrong doing within an organization go undetected, they ca ...

(6 pages) 429 2 4.0 Jan/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

This essay is about whislteblowing in the Canadian Government. It gives the good the bad and the ugly about whistleblowing

suffer the terrible consequences which many of these people face today. The consequence, which some whistleblowers endure, is very extreme and definitely not fair. For example in The Journal of Public ... Canadian Governments: ethical, political and managerial considerations, they outline a story of one whistleblower named Jon Quigley. Mr. Quigley was an Immigration Officer with the Toronto Enforcement ...

(5 pages) 122 2 3.3 Mar/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Ethics in Business.

go outside the company to an organization such as the FAA, OSHA, etc.Is protection available to the whistleblower and is so, what form? Outline and describe any components of a whistle-blowing policy ...

(12 pages) 1151 0 2.8 Sep/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Whistleblower report/

ghlights the issue of Organizational Social Responsibility. Gary Brown of Abbey National acted as a whistleblower - someone within the organization who exposes the wrongdoings of others in order to pr ... UK culture to the point where the public will speak out."This article highlights the importance of whistleblowers in organizations who act instinctively and morally to save an organization for a few ...

(1 pages) 64 0 4.7 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

This essay is about whistleblowers.

What is a whistleblower? The dictionary defines a whistleblower as one who reveals wrongdoing within an organi ... who reveals wrongdoing within an organization to the public or to those in positions of authority. Whistleblowers are often misjudged. People view them as traitors when all they really want is to fix ... iew them as traitors when all they really want is to fix the problem or the injustice. Seemingly, a whistleblower tends to be the kind of person who has to do the right thing, which is telling the tru ...

(4 pages) 221 0 3.3 Dec/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

Ethics in Accounting and Financial Decision Making

iscusses the challenges faced by CPA Barron Stone, who prefers to be called an informant instead of whistleblower. Joseph McCafferty emphasizes the moral principals of one individual who decided to bl ...

(3 pages) 671 0 4.2 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Whistle Blowing-Enron

so be given to the extent to which harm is a direct and predictable result of the activity that the whistleblower is protesting."(Boatright, P. 112). With the accounting cover ups present in the compa ...

(2 pages) 58 0 0.0 Jul/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

"Whistle-blowing".

ncerns. It cannot be denied that whistleblowing is accompanied by a range of problems, for both the whistleblower and the organisation. However, it can be argued that whistleblowing is an important an ... these reasons, it is important for society to maintain a level of support and encouragement towards whistleblowers, so that their often valuable contribution towards eliminating corporate wrongdoings ...

(8 pages) 294 1 4.5 Sep/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

State and Federal Systems.

use of power, or substantial and specific danger to the public's health and safety (Faulkner, 2003).Whistleblower actions may save lives, money, or the environment. However, instead of praise for the ... money, or the environment. However, instead of praise for the public service of "telling the truth" whistleblowers are often targeted for retaliation, harassment, intimidation, demotion, dismissal, an ...

(4 pages) 164 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Legal interpretation-Howard v Queensland [2001] 2 Qd R 154., Summary of Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994 (Qld), Hypothetical

ntiff in this action against the respondent, claiming for damages for psychiatric injury. Under the Whistleblowers Protection Act, the appellant can be classified as a whistleblower; and the allegatio ... the respondent.Other Comments:The judgment of this case, although recognizing the intention of the Whistleblower's Protection Act, being the protection of parties making public disclosures (relating ...

(9 pages) 26 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Cases

The ethics of the Bristol Heart Enquiry

The interesting point about the Bristol case, was that the original whistleblower, Professor Stephen Bolsin, who tried to gain consensus from within, was seen as causin ... e, could result in loss of livelihood and reputation. It is a question of loyalty on behalf of the 'whistleblower' and they must make an ethical decision which depends on where their priorities lie.I ...

(2 pages) 15 0 0.0 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine

Ethics in Accounting

and disclosures. The ACT also offered protection to corporate executives who retaliate against the whistleblowers who provided information in an investigation. Corporate executives who retaliate agai ... be faced with up to 10 years in prison.Vice president Jared Bowen believed he was covered under the Whistleblowers Act when he provided information to Wal-Mart that aided a probe into Vice Chairman Th ...

(2 pages) 75 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Accounting

Whistle Blowers

(4 pages) 34 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Whistle Blowing in Society

DER, by Camille Taiara - http://www.media-alliance.org/article.php?story=20040514033307644(4)- GCHQ whistleblower cleared - http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,1155681,00.html(5)– Protection ...

(4 pages) 66 1 5.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Public Corruption

encies handle corruption complaints. The report will also give an introduction into how to become a whistleblower and an introduction into the Criminal Justice Commission. These areas will demonstrate ... ained by rules, policies, job descriptions, or strong cultural norms that frown on such behaviours.'WhistleblowersOne of the most common ways which corruption is exposed through Queensland is through ...

(11 pages) 53 0 0.0 Apr/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Monitoring the Ethical Code

(2 pages) 15 1 1.0 Dec/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Ethics

(13 pages) 51 0 0.0 Oct/2010

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy > Comparative Philosophy & Ethics