NSA’s Edward Snowden, FBI’s Mark Felt, White House Staffer Linda 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 know who they are and what they will do if their company is faced with this situation.…
In Bruce Frohnen and Leo Clarke’s essay, “Scandal in Corporate America: An Ethical, Not a Legal, Problem” they discuss their views of American businesses and the little honesty that these businesses have. They claim how important honesty is within businesses and how it will help our public’s well-being and corporate America. They view American business officials to be greedy and many of their jobs just consist of helping businesses find their way around the laws. Frohnen and Clarke then conclude their essay with suggestions on how to change business ethics with education and simply being honest (113-119).…
The whistleblower poses no single entity, whether it being a single person or a business as a whole, to count itself immune to the dangers of corruption or malfeasance. Those who blow the whistle can neither risk the silencing of themselves for reasons of concrete evidence that question the proper moral and ethical interests of the public eye. According to Sissela Bok, “’Whistleblowing’ is a new label generated by our increased awareness of ethical conflicts encountered at work. Whistleblowers sound an alarm from within the very organization in which they work, aiming to spotlight neglect or abuses that threaten the public interest.” Take Frank Serpico, for example, a man whom was willing to risk his life, yet alone his career, to sound the alarm on the corruption within the very organization for which he worked for, the New York Police Department. Here in my discussion, we will examine and discuss Serpico’s case in correlation to the points made by Sissela Bok’s discussion on whistleblowing.…
In today society, the modern corporation according to Joel Bakan, is singularly self-interested, regardless of the harmful consequences it might cause to other. Bakan also stated that the corporation is a "pathological" entity. The so-called pathological personality in humans is well documented and includes serial killers, rapist, and others who have no regard for the life and welfare of anyone but themselves. He begins describing a corporation is an institutional psychopaths that won’t let any obstacles that get into it way. It has fought with considerable success over that last twenty years. He recalls a time that some major American corporation were reaping substantial profits by working for Adolf Hitler. Next he tells what corporations have become over the course of history, and finally what can be done about it. Bakan's argument includes the point that the corporation's sole reason for being is to enhance the profits and power of the corporation. He tells by citing court cases that it is the duty of management to make money and that any compromise with that duty is dereliction of duty.…
Since the beginning of days, the fight between the goodness and hatred, bravery and cowardice, and benevolence and evil has always existed. The frivolity of evil written by Theodore Dalrymple argues about the existence of evil among us, questions the reasons of its flourish and the reason why we commit evil. He begins his article by informing his audience of his career as a physician in a prison’s hospital where he treated several criminals. He also expressed his passion of treating the poor people because, according to him, treating the poor is more compelling and florid. Dalrymple then expresses the presence of different evil acts he witnessed at his work and in several countries all over the world.…
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the essential characteristics of whistleblowers and how organizations take action against them. Whistleblower is a person who exposes unethical behavior or criminal activity occurring in an organization. Companies deal with whistleblowing in many different ways, and it effects the company and the employee in significant ways. Companies must follow the rules under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and not punish employees that properly direct complaints through the proper channels.…
WHISTLE-BLOWERS have been big news lately — from Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Pfc. Bradley Manning, to Edward J. Snowden. Yet, for most people, the question of whether to expose unethical or illegal activities at work doesn’t make headlines or involve state secrets.…
Small towns are very susceptible to questionably informed gossip because everyone knows each other and “everybody’s business” (Sulzberger). In the article In smalltown Us, gossip moves to the web, and turn vicious a social media Web called Topix starts a “cesspool of character assassination” (Sulzberger). Outings, such as grocery shopping, brought people to glance at each other in disproval. Similarly in The Posibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson, going to the grocery store is a way for Miss Strangeworth to see what is going on in the town and who will be the next victim of her merciless letters. Both stories express the theme of spreading negativity and crossing lines in terms of gossip. People base their rumors or stories on assumptions. “Miss Stangeworth never concerned herself with facts, her letter all dealt with the more negotiable stuff of suspicion” (Jackson). We can also see that in both stories the people who judged others where anonymous; Miss Strangeworth by her letters and the town of Mountain Grove by social media. It is easier to say insults when you aren’t speaking directly to a person.…
The phenomenon of evil is a complicated and relative idea. Opinions vary regarding this topic. Evil can be attributes one is born with; perhaps interpreted as mental illness or a misunderstanding of acceptable behavior and reasoning resulting in an evil act or practice. It may also be traits learned or commonly accepted in a particular society that a third person perspective may not acknowledge or agree with. These ideas being considered may attribute to one carrying out or practicing acts of evil. Although there are many aspects on this subject to potentially debate, a couple in particular will be addressed utilizing what is known of two authors; Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne, employing their literary works, “The Cask of Amontillado” and “Young Goodman Brown,” it can be concluded that people are susceptible to evil and/or evil acts for a myriad of reasons. This conclusion is based independently on these two stories as they were expressed during their time.…
“Possibility of Evil” written by Shirley Jackson, Ms. Strangeworth is a woman of great moral standing. Ms. Strangeworth believes the town is corrupted and Ms. Strangeworth wants to help cure it. The author helps the readers believe the story by describing Ms. Strangeworth in great detail. The author makes the audience realize she is a mean old lady that writes atrocious letters to her friends. In everyone’s life there is at least one mean old lady now it’s time to meet Ms. Strangeworth.…
The hacking scandal happened to the News of the World had derived lots of influences and revelations. The major message it brought to the public is: everything can collapse, even the huge one, if there is no ethical foundation. Besides, there are a few key ethical issues that worth to raise.…
No matter the degree of sin, it has been a concern of man since the beginning. Whether moral evil or natural evil the proble of evil is evident.…
The Problem of Evil coined by Epicurus states that: “Either God wants to eradicate evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. If he wants to, but cannot, he is impotent. If he can but does not want to he is wicked. If God can eradicate evil, and He wants to do it, why is there evil in the world?” This problem has long bothered many theologians and philosophers, even St. Thomas Aquinas stated that it is a major objection to the existence of God. Undoubtedly, evil exists and its mere existence is so evident that it would be preposterous to deny it and since we cannot deny its existence, we must then try to prove that its existence would not oppose the existence of God. In this paper, I will try to explain the problem of evil through our free will, and the causes and consequences that are brought by natural evil then I will also attempt to enumerate the root causes of evil and the possible purpose of its existence. On the first part of this paper, I will explain that moral evil is just a byproduct of our wrong choices and it will be followed by the relation of natural evil to the design of our world. Writings of post-modern philosophers were mainly my guide in conducting this research because their studies are applicable and relevant in our modern world, and the books that I referred to were compilations regarding the existence of God and not primary texts of ancient or medieval philosophers.…
The Story, The Possibility of Evil is a truly interesting story that demonstrates the evil of a community that seems almost perfect. This story demonstrates how there is probably no place on Earth that evil has not reached. The story bases itself on a small suburban town and the people that live there. The reader meets Miss Strangeworth who is a sweet little lady that smiles to everyone during the day and starts conversations, but by the time she gets home she starts writing letters revealing secrets and unpleasant facts of her neighbours and fellow townspeople and then has the audacity to send the letters around without signing them. This story puts the flaws of humans in the perspective of the old lady Mrs. Strangeworth and interests the reader with the coldness and deception in a seemingly normal small town. It is a very promising short story with an ending that satisfies the reader, but then make the reader reflect about the coldness of society in general.…
As we continue to discuss and analyze evil in our world today and try to figure what it actually is I se that it is interpreted differently by different individuals. This variation in interpretation causes it to be necessary to come to an understanding of the nature of the problem of evil. Evil is looked at as a problem in our world today because most of us think "how can a thing like evil exist in our world today when is the exact opposite of god and what he has come to stand for". In other words Traditional theisms main function is that, there is a god. This god is omnipotent and is a perfect representation of every thing that can be considered wholly and good, but still evil exist in our world and we don't under stand how this is possible. In order to come closer to gaining an answer to this question on must first attempt to understand the nature of this problem of evil. The problem of evil shows that in essence traditional theism can be seen as positively irrational, because some of its essential doctrines are not in agreement with one another.…