self-proclaimed not-for-profit organisation that publishes submissions of undisclosed and secret information‚ news leaks‚ and highly classified media from anonymous sources and whistleblowers. • The head of the online organisation‚ which was founded in 2006‚ is Australian born‚ Julian Assange. • Its purpose is to provide whistleblowers with a domain to publish their case to the public and preserve their identity (Lennon 2010). • Exposes various government and privately owned organisations. • First major
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Corporate Governance Adv. Diploma FM/BM LECTURE ONE DEFINING CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Governance refers to the new way in which something is governed and to the function of governing. The governance of a country‚ for example‚ refers to the powers and actions of the legislative assembly‚ the executive government and the Judiciary. Corporate governance refers to the way in which companies are governed‚ and to what purpose. It is concerned with practices and procedures for trying to
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The Insider (1999) is a film rife with ethical dilemmas‚ suspense and controversy. It is based on a true story related to a 1994 episode of the CBS news show 60 Minutes that never aired. The plot puts Dr. Jeffrey Wigand (Russell Crowe) at odds with Brown & Williamson‚ the third largest tobacco companies in the country. Wigand was fired from his position as Vice President of Research and Development‚ at which he was instructed to hide information related to the addictive nature of nicotine. The plot
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A whistleblower is someone that raises a concern about a wrongdoing that is happening in their company or organization. There are many things that the whistleblower can reveal such as the breaking of laws‚ exposing fraud‚ corruption‚ or health and safety violations. These allegations can expressed to the people that run the company or organization and they can be expressed to the outside world such as the media or law enforcement. The whistleblower normally faces reprisal from their company‚ related
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................................... 9 Health and Safety .............................................................................. 10 Environment ...................................................................................... 11 Whistleblower Policy and Procedure…………………………….12 Compliance......................................................................................... 14 Message from the President TESCO is an international company with a strong reputation for providing
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his actions as a whistleblower. The article outlines the dangerous precedent set by prosecuting whistleblowers‚ and how their likelihood of exposing infringement is reduced by it. Also arguing that while his actions may have adversely affected the interest of the national government‚ the unconstitutional actions of the NSA simply needed to be made public knowledge. Lastly‚ the article argues that Edward Snowden isn’t a traitor‚ but is in fact a patriot. His actions as a whistleblower far outweigh the
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Accounting Fraud at WorldCom LDDS began operations in 1984 offering services to local retail and commercial customers in the southern states. It was initially a loss making enterprise‚ and thus hired Bernie J. (Bernie) Ebbers to run things. It took him less than a year to make the company profitable. By the end of 1993‚ LDDS was the fourth largest long distance carrier in the United States. After a shareholder vote in May 1995‚ the company officially came to be known as WorldCom. WorldCom culture
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Question 1: The Singapore Code of CG advocates the disclosure of company whistle-blowing practices and procedures. Should employees have a duty to blow the whistle on unethical or illegal acts? Before we proceed into the essay question‚ we need to ask ourselves what we understand by the term “Whistleblowing”. There is no globally accepted definition for whistle-blowing although several attempts have been made to define it. Ralph Nader was one of the first few in modern history to use the
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This paper is to discuss the history of false claims. I will talk about some laws of false claims; it will mostly focus on Qui-tam. (What does Qui-tam mean to you) I will give examples of some real cases and will talk about the cost of qui tam. The False Claims Act (FCA) is a compliance program of the federal government committed to fighting fraud‚ abuse‚ and waste in the healthcare system (Moseley‚ 2015). Written and Thompson defined FCA as a principle of federal government tool that fights
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PharmaCARE We CARE about YOUR health Yasser Benadada Table of Contents Stakeholders 2 Analyzing the Ethics 3 Who should be fired? 4 Will Whistleblower Policy help PharmaCARE 5 PharmaCARE’s Environmental Stewardship 6 Purpose of CERCLA Act 7 Stakeholders 1. The Companies: PharmaCARE was a successful and profitable pharmaceutical company. After launching the “We CARE about YOUR World®” initiative‚ PharmaCARE was able to defeat PAC’s lobbying efforts. Later‚ PharmaCARE found
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