Whistleblowers What is the Whistleblowers Protection Act? The Whistleblowers Protection Act 2001 (“the Act”) supports the Government’s commitment to the principles of open‚ honest and accountable governance. It is designed to protect the public interest by: • exposing serious public sector wrongdoing; • ensuring public organisations are responsible and accountable; and • protecting whistleblowers from detrimental action and protecting their privacy. How do I become a whistleblower? A whistleblower
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WorldCom Scandal Formerly known as WorldCom‚ now known as MCI‚ this U.S.-based telecommunications company was at one time the second-largest long distance phone company in the U.S. Today‚ it is perhaps best known for a massive accounting scandal that led to the company filing for bankruptcy protection in 2002. In 1998‚ the telecommunications industry began to slow down and WorldCom’s stock was declining. CEO Bernard Ebbers came under increasing pressure from banks to cover margin calls on
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The Whistleblowers Protection bill The Union Cabinet has cleared a bill to protect whistleblowers and punish those exposing identity of people disclosing information. The proposed legislation‚ Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making The Disclosure Bill‚ 2010‚ provides the Central Vigilance Commission powers of a civil court to hand down harsh penalty to people revealing identity of whistleblowers. The CVC will be empowered to take action against those who reveal the identity
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AVOIDING INVESTMENTS IN FRAUDULENT COMPANIES: THE WORLDCOM FRAUD Introduction The purpose of this report is to investigate and discuss the accounting fraud that occurred at WorldCom in order to recommend improved strategies to Berkshire Hathaway’s management for avoiding investments in companies with fraudulent financials. Accounting fraud is a crime committed by high level employees at an organization to manipulate the organization’s financial statements and intentionally disguise company
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WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior LDR/531 - Organizational Leadership October 7‚ 2010 WorldCom Failure in relation to its Organizational Behavior INTRODUCTION Year 2002 saw an unprecedented number of corporate scandals: Enron‚ Tyco‚ Global Crossing‚ etc. In many ways‚ WorldCom is just another case of failed corporate governance‚ accounting abuses‚ and outright greed. Many people may question if there is a secret to operating a successful business in modern times.
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Case Study 1 -2 Discharge for Whistleblower Activity 1. Should the federal appeals court deny Broom and Miller’s appeal and enforce the decision of the state district court finding upholding the discharge of the two whistleblowers? Explain your reasoning. In my opinion‚ the federal appeals court should uphold the decision of the state district court finding and this support the discharge of the two whistleblowers. The reasons for this opinion: * The employees did not follow the proper
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Tripp‚ Kerr-McGee’s Karen Silkwood and Sherron Watkins of Enron are all on the same list of famous whistleblowers. All of these people have become famous because they provided information with the sole purpose of revealing wrongdoings by someone or a company. Some believe whistleblowers are traitors and should be punished: while others believe they are heroes and should be honored. Whistleblowers are being acknowledged as a great threat to companies and managers are realizing that they need to
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Sasha McEldowney 10/23/14 Video Case 3 1. How does Toyota’s approach to social responsibility relate to the three concepts of social responsibility described in the text (profit responsibility‚ stakeholder responsibility‚ and societal responsibility)? Profit responsibility- competitive forces‚ and economic forces. Stakeholder responsibility- regulatory forces. Societal responsibility- social forces. 2. How does Toyota’s view of sustainable mobility contribute to the company’s overall mission
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Whistleblowers have made headlines in media for much of modern American history. The viewpoints regarding whistleblowers are conflicted: some view them as heroes who rightfully expose government truths while others see them as criminals that should be punished with the fullest extend of the law. In fact‚ according to the “Whistleblowers” article in the Opposing Viewpoints Online Collection‚ “many whistleblowers are considered renegades or even traitors‚ and they may suffer both legally and in terms
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