Review the Video Whistleblower Fired for Exposing Truth/Corrupt Government Contractor and Write a Paper Analyzing How Theory Affects Practice.
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 from John Jack.
Principal-agent theory. In this time of ever more scarce government resources, the idea that one level of government can mandate the activities and therefore resource usage of another may seem counter-intuitive. Taken together with the politics-administration dichotomy, it would appear that civil servants have little control over what they do on a daily basis or how they are allowed to do their jobs. In reality, though, the bureaucrat signals the elected official in a number of ways about his or her preferences when it comes to methods of serving their clients, the public receiving the benefits of that agency’s activities (Lang, 2005, p.295). And elected officials similarly signal the bureaucrats. The challenge, though, comes from the many competing influences on the bureaucrat, surrounded by competing viewpoints and therefore differing directions to follow. Learning how to successfully navigate this complicated web of government level influence is a major task for public administrators!
The company in charge, American Eagle, was a newly formed consortium of the Shaw Group, a government contracting giant, and Carabetta Enterprises Inc., led by Salvatore Carabetta of Connecticut. American Eagle was managed by Kathryn Thompson of Dallas Films Media Group. (2009, June 30).
As the months progress, John Jack a project manger with American Eagle says he kept detailed records. By that point, his estimates were showing that if allowed to
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 from John Jack.
Principal-agent theory. In this time of ever more scarce government resources, the idea that one level of government can mandate the activities and therefore resource usage of another may seem counter-intuitive. Taken together with the politics-administration dichotomy, it would appear that civil servants have little control over what they do on a daily basis or how they are allowed to do their jobs. In reality, though, the bureaucrat signals the elected official in a number of ways about his or her preferences when it comes to methods of serving their clients, the public receiving the benefits of that agency’s activities (Lang, 2005, p.295). And elected officials similarly signal the bureaucrats. The challenge, though, comes from the many competing influences on the bureaucrat, surrounded by competing viewpoints and therefore differing directions to follow. Learning how to successfully navigate this complicated web of government level influence is a major task for public administrators!
The company in charge, American Eagle, was a newly formed consortium of the Shaw Group, a government contracting giant, and Carabetta Enterprises Inc., led by Salvatore Carabetta of Connecticut. American Eagle was managed by Kathryn Thompson of Dallas Films Media Group. (2009, June 30).
As the months progress, John Jack a project manger with American Eagle says he kept detailed records. By that point, his estimates were showing that if allowed to
References: By: DRYBURGH, MARTINELLA MCDONALD. Public Integrity, Spring2009, Vol. 11 Issue 2, p155-170, 16p Subjects: CASE studies; WHISTLE blowing; PRISONS; PRISONERS; UNITED States; ABUSE of By: Feldman, Yuval; Lobel, Orly. Texas Law Review, May2010, Vol. 88 Issue 6, p1151-1211, 61p Subjects: INCENTIVES in industry; WHISTLE blowing; LEAKS (Disclosure of information); EMPLOYEE motivation; EMPLOYEE competitive behavior Films Media Group. (2009, June 30). Bill Moyers Journal: Privitizing Government Services / State Buget Woes. Retrieved January 20, 2011, from Films on Demand: http://digital.films.com/protalPlaylists.aspx?aid=10765&xtid= Office of the Mississippi State Treasurer. (2010, December 22). Mississippi State Treasurer Office of State Treasurer: http://www.treasurer.state.ms.us Public administration and public management: The principal-agent perspective by Jan-Erik Lane Routledge, 2005 Pages: 292. £75