Whistleblowing
Kennesaw State University
PAD 640-Ethical Management in Public Service
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
2.. WHISTLEBLOWING, DEFINED
3.. FEDERAL& STATE WHISTLEBLOWING PROTECTION LAWS
4.. CASES
5. CONCLUSION
6. SLECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
SAMPLE ATTACHMENTS
Introduction
Whistleblowing was a very informative and dynamic topic. This paper will define what whistle blowing is , along with some background on the federal and state laws that protect whistleblowers. This paper will also discuss who the whistlblowers are, and why they whistle blow. The paper will also include cases from whistleblowers who have been retaliate against for doing the right things, even though there are laws that ...
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Research & Theory, 8, (3), 413-439.
2. Loeb, M. (1995) . When to rat on the boss. Fortune, 132, (7), 183.
3. Mulrine, A., & Schrof, J. M. (1998). Coping with a crooked boss. US News & World Report, 125 (12), 76.
4. Sprague, R.L. (1998). The painful legacy of whistleblowing. Forum for Applied Research & Public Policy, 13 (1), 71-75.
5. Singer, M., Mitchell, S., Turner, J. (1998). Consideration of moral intensity in ethicality
judgments: Its relationship with whistle-blowing and need-for-cognition. Journal of Business
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6. Over 2 Million Dollars in Damages Awarded to Nuclear Power Industry Whistleblower.
(1998, October ). National Whistleblower Center, Internet: www.whistleblowers.org
7. Government Accountability Project Calls for A Permanent Anti-Gag Statute Increase
Whistleblower Protection. (1998, October). National Whistleblower Center, internet:
www.whistleblowers.org
8. The Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989, (1989) Local ...
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to any other individual or organization, provided that that the disclosure is not specifically prohibited by law and the information does not have to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or the conduct of foreign affairs.� (National Border Patrol Council) (See attached sample of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989)
Whistlelowing is an important organizational behavior that can cause change in modern organizations. In the public sector, whistle blowing also can trigger fundamental reforms in the nature and role of government in society. Such examples are the Vietnam war, the Pentagon Papers, Watergate and the Challenger space shuttle tragedy (Brewer ...
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