Why Should My Conscience Bother Me

Whistleblowers: A whistleblower is a person within a company who speaks out about any organizational deviance that is occurring. There are three main types of whistle blowers, which are, unbending resisters, implicated protesters, and reluctant collaborators. Implicated Protesters speak out within organization than comply with the deviance. They choose to go along with their superiors, because they may have believed that resisting would be worse for them than complying. Eventually, fear of legal liability forces them to expose the deviance. In the case, “Why Should My Conscience Bother Me?,” B.F. Goodrich Co., created a faulty aircraft break. The people within the company knew that the break would fail if it was used, but they continued to forge tests
The whole company was well-aware that the breaks were hazardous. Kermit Vandivier was hired by Goodrich to issue a formal qualification report, which was an accumulation of data and test results to prove the break had met all military requirements. In the beginning, Vandivier became known of the faulty break and mentioned it to multiple superiors. When he found out that everyone was told to report the false data, he eventually decided to look the other way and cooperate. Eventually, Vandivier decided to blow the whistle on the Goodrich deviance and reported to the FBI. Because of Vandivier’s actions, the military became aware of the faulty break and demanded to see raw tests and B.F. Goodrich was forced to get rid of the faulty break. Vandivier handed in his resignation after blowing the whistle on the corporate deviance. At first he may have gone along with the deviance because he was too afraid of not having a job or being able to support his family, but the fear of illegal liability forced him to come forward