After watching the video I feel as if Bill‚ the manager‚ handled the situation professionally and the right way. Randall pleaded his case with evidence‚ threw Abby under the bus and decided that she would either need to leave or move into a different area. Bill refused to dig into the relationship of Randall and Abby and by doing that it left Bill’s opinions about the situation open. After Bill heard Randall’s side and saw the emails he should have immediately contacted human resources‚ HR.
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organization: scientists and secretaries‚ lawyers and paralegals‚ managers and staff‚ security personnel and computer specialists‚ etc. They are as varied in age‚ ethnic background‚ education‚ profession‚ sex‚ and income as the population at large. Whistleblowing is a relatively recent entry into the vocabulary of politics and public affairs‚ although the type of behavior to which it refers is not wholly new. How is it defined? Whistleblowing refers to a warning issued by a member or former member of
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History of Whistleblowing The definition of a whistleblower is a past or pesent employee or member of an organization‚ who reports misconduct to people or entities that have the power and presumed willingness to take corrective action‚ or to notify the general public of wrongdoing. In most cases‚ whistleblowers are employees of the ogranization but can be employees of government agencies as well. Normally the misconduct being reported is a violation of law‚ rule‚ regulation and/or a direct threat
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1. The fundamental ideas associated with the mercantile theory were: that everything was to benefit the mother country‚ each nation was trying to achieve self-sufficiency‚ colonies and agriculture would improve economy and raw materials‚ and the country must benefit at the expense of others. For the most part‚ these ideas along with a few other minor pieces helped European nations to conquer much of the New and old world. Great Britain was the most successful with a vast overseas empire through North
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that the superior will do nothing effective. 3. The whistleblower has exhausted other internal procedures within the organization – or at least made use of many internal procedures as the danger to others and her own safety make reasonable. Whistleblowing is mandatory in these situations: 4. The whistleblower has/or has accessible evidence that would convince a reasonable‚ impartial observer that her view of the threat is correct. 5. The whistleblower has good reason to believe that revealing
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Whistleblowing It’s nearly impossible to discuss modern whistleblowing in the U.S. without mentioning the broad effect of the federal Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) and the enormous accounting scandals of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. Before SOX‚ whistleblowing protection was intertwined with what most human resources specialists currently would think of as protection against employer retaliation. Under the Occupational Safety and Health Act(OSH Act) for example‚ it was illegal for employers
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(a) In your opinion‚ do you think whistleblowing will work in Malaysia? Elaborate on the reasons in support of your opinion. In my opinion‚ Whistle blowing will not work in Malaysia. From the passage‚ this is due to several reason. Firstly is due to culture‚ culture is where a group of people believe and behave the same way as it is. From this case‚ Malaysia’s culture is to prefer to keep things their own secretly. Basically they just dont want to review what is happening and just keep quiet and
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hidden $1.3 millions dollar in revenue from collecting the housing of the federal inmates last year from the County Commission. This case has just started to begin under investigation and that the issue will be discuss further on July 11. This article has many ethical issues dealing with the government officials. One of them name James Terry who was whistleblowing on another government official that stated a Sheriff‚ Al Nienhuis has been hiding and taking the money from the County Commission (655)
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Definition: Whistleblowing occurs when a member of an organization goes outside of the normal lines of authority in order to accuse the organization (or key personnel) of wrongdoing. On the face of it‚ whistleblowing involves disloyalty -- however well-meaning -- to one’s institution. So it requires justification. When is whistleblowing justified? Serious harm is involved; The whistleblower has already expressed his or her concerns to his/her immediate superior;
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Whistleblowing and Its Consequences Whistleblowing is an act that has become more prevalent in the corporate and private sectors. A whistleblower is described by Liuzzo (2013) as “…a person who reveals to a governmental authority‚ or to news media‚ confidential information concerning some wrongdoing or conduct that he or she regards as unethical” (p. 28). Some of the most notable cases in United States history have involved corporations‚ utility companies and the President. Some cases have been
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