WorldCom did not have a whistle-blower hotline process in place. Instead‚ Cynthia took on significant risks when she stepped over Scott Sullivan’s head and notified the audit committee chairman of her findings. Discuss the key criteria for the operation of an effective corporate whistle-blower hotline. Be sure to highlight potential pitfalls that should be avoided and reference professional codes‚ legislation and academic literature as appropriate. A whistle-blower is an organisation member
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------------------------------------------------- Unit 8- Whistleblowing 1. Whistleblowing: Meaning‚ Kinds‚ (refer hard copy notes) Precluding the need for whistleblowing Note: for ‘precluding the need for whistleblowing’ you may also refer handwritten notes for further insight 2. Marketing Truth and Advertising: Manipulation & Coercion‚ Allocation of moral responsibility in advertising 3. Trade Secrets Note: Refer hard copy notes for 1‚2‚3 or “Business Ethics” by M
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Whistle Blower 44) The Plaintiff was a whistle blower when he informed John Cora‚ and the Defendant Violated the 1st and 14th Amendment rights. The Plaintiff was a Whistle blower again when he informed the City of Casper of the illegal activity of Anderson and Langston. 45) Cindy Langston has destroyed her emails after a FOIA request‚ in violation of the sunshine law and the Public records act. 46) The State of Wyoming has not filed a Solid Waste Management Plan as required and this was discovered
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( Facts of the Case ( Issues faced ( Multiple options of solutions recommended by you ( Best recommended solution acceptable to you ( Answers to each of the questions‚ of the case‚ very briefly 1. How liable should companies be for violent acts that are committed during work by their own employees? Answer: Companies should be fully liable for the welfare of its employees. Protective measures must be taken to ensure safe working environments for its
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What is responsibility whistle-blower A whistleblower is a person who raises a concern about wrongdoing occurring in an organization or body of people‚ usually this person would be from that same organization. The revealed misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example‚ a violation of a law‚ rule‚ regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest‚ such as fraud‚ health/safety violations‚ and corruption. Whistleblowers may make their allegations internally (for example‚ to other people
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John Watson MT302 Organizational Behavior Unit Three: Case Incident 2 Whistle Blowers: Saints or Sinners 6/27/09 Whistle Blowers: Saints or Sinners 1. Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members‚ or is it‚ as David Stetler believes‚ often a means to extort financial gains from companies? Is having strong ethics whether they are ethical or unethical practices makes it easier for a person to take action than for that person to process the making
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state the page)‚ eg. past cases (cite case)‚ specific Tennessee code‚ specific federal law‚ etc. Answer: The Board of Directors or board of trustees is responsible to check doctors. According to the textbook‚ in chapter 16‚ on page 462‚ the Board of Directors have an ultimate responsibility for checking each medical staff’s qualification‚ competency‚ and up-to-date education (Brodnik‚ Rinehart-Thompson‚ & Reynolds‚ 2013). Therefore‚ in the Winkler County Nurse Whistleblower Case‚ the hospital administrator
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The Life of a Whistle Blower Since the 1960s‚ the public value of whistle blowing has been increasingly recognized. Whistle blowing statutes protect from discharge or discrimination an employee who has initiated an investigation of an employer’s activities or who has otherwise cooperated with a regulatory agency in carrying out an inquiry or the enforcement of regulations. Many states have enacted whistle blower statutes‚ but these statutes vary widely in coverage. Some statutes apply only to public
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Chapter Four – Whistle-Blowing What is Whistle-Blowing? Whistle-blowing is the voluntary release of non-public information‚ as a moral protest‚ by a member or former member of an organization to an appropriate audience outside the normal channels of communication regarding illegal and/or immoral conduct in the organization that is opposed to the public interest. The Key Points in this Definition are: 1. A whistle-blower is a member or former member of an organization and not an outsider
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CASE ONE WHISTLE BLOWERS : SAINTS OR SINNER? 1) Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members‚ or is it‚ as David Stetler believes‚ often a means to extort large financial gains from companies? Is having a strong ethics whether they are ethical or unethical practices make it easier for a person to take action than for that person to process the making of decisions and choices for today ‘s ethically working environment? I feel that in this case of Douglas Durand
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