order to keep the job; and to keep loyalty to the company or to be a whistleblower to disclose the fraud. In general‚ Vandiveer behaved by his personal values. However‚ some actions by Vandiveer are open to question. Visibility: Vandiveer was admired and supported by the public for his courage to do right thing though losing his job and suffering the possible prosecution. In some sense‚ Vandiveer betrayed his company as a whistleblower. However‚ his disclosure prevented a worse consequence of engineering
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Number one‚ we must acknowledge the Whistleblower Policy responsibility. Let it be known what the policy was established for and how it works. Secondly‚ we must make clear that there will be no retaliation whatsoever. If someone chooses to retaliate they will be punished from termination of employment
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When I first read this article something that struck my mind as interesting was the first reported case of NSA spying. Edward Snowden worked for the NSA and became a whistleblower when found out how invasive the NSA become. He took classified information from the NSA and how they were misleading congress. He contacted Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to get the story out. According to Snowden the NSA had direct access to “Google‚ Microsoft‚ Facebook‚ even Steve Jobs’s Apple.” (Harding). The NSA
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• Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine and evaluate each of the eight (8) scenarios described by determining: The employment-at-will doctrine states that an employee can be fired or released from a company for cause or no cause at all. The employee also has the right to quit a job for any reason. Under this legislation‚ neither the employer or employee incurs “adverse legal consequences” (NCSL‚ 2014). There are three exceptions that are observed by the law to include a dismissal that “violates
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and the government has not already sued the defendant for the fraud‚ the whistle blower‚ who is called a relator in this action‚ may bring a False Claims Act case. The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 is a United States federal law that protects whistleblowers who report agency misconduct. The agency violates the Whistleblower Protection Act if agency authorities take (or threaten to take) retaliatory personnel action against any employee or applicant because of disclosure of information by that
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Week Five Assignment Employee Safety‚ Health‚ and Welfare Law Paper MGMT 434 Employment Law December 19‚ 2007 Employee Safety‚ Health‚ and Welfare Law Introduction The Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) for eligible employees and is obligated by federal law to do so when the situation warrants. The policy contains specific information on how this leave is to be applied for the employer and employees. The employer has the responsibility to notify employees about their right to Family
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Q#1: A draws a bill payable to B or order with X‚ as the drawee. The bill was successively endorsed to C‚ D‚ E and F‚ holder. X does not pay and F has duly protested non-payment. Y pays for the honor of C. Which of the following statement is wrong? a. D is discharged. b. E is discharged. c. C is discharged. d. Y can ask reimbursement from A. Answer: C All parties subsequent to the party whose honor it is paid are discharged but the payor for honor is subrogated for‚ and succeeds to
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What is loyalty and do employees have a loyal obligation to the company? Loyalty at the base is a strong feeling of support or allegiance. Ronald Duska in his argument for whistleblowers on the basis that one does not have loyalty to a company. Duska defines loyalty as a relationship between two or more people (a group) brought together for mutual fulfilment and support Duska then focuses on loyalty within a group in order to make his argument against a company deserving the similar level of loyalty
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the scene with 2/3 of $18 million project already spent. He is therefore faced with a lot of pressure to continue on the course of action and approve the roll-out. This is a clear manifestation of the "DEAF EFFECT" despite clear warnings from whistleblowers / experts. Politics has also complicated the situation with 1) the question on Storey’s credibility‚ and 2) Benari managing the project‚ thus wanting to put his Trust Operations in the "spotlight". SOME CONCERNS RAISED AGAINST THE PROJECT‚ HOW
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preventing unnecessary harm to others; that the whistleblower use all available internal procedures for rectifying the problematic behavior before public disclosure‚ although special circumstances may preclude this; that the whistleblower have ‘evidence that would persuade a reasonable person’; that the whistleblower perceive serious danger that can result from the violation; that the whistleblower act in accordance with his or her responsibilities for
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