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Whistle Blowing

The document discusses whistleblowing, defining it as revealing wrongdoing within an organization. There are two types of whistleblowers - internal, who report issues to superiors, and external, who report outside the organization. Whistleblowers often face retaliation like ostracization, discrimination, or firing. Laws have been enacted in various countries and the US to protect whistleblowers, though they still face challenges. Famous whistleblowers who exposed corporate scandals at companies like WorldCom and Enron are also mentioned.

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Whistle Blowing

The document discusses whistleblowing, defining it as revealing wrongdoing within an organization. There are two types of whistleblowers - internal, who report issues to superiors, and external, who report outside the organization. Whistleblowers often face retaliation like ostracization, discrimination, or firing. Laws have been enacted in various countries and the US to protect whistleblowers, though they still face challenges. Famous whistleblowers who exposed corporate scandals at companies like WorldCom and Enron are also mentioned.

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Whistle-blowing in

BOEING
By: Rahul Bhardwaj
Likumri Changkiri
Aditya Mathur
Varun Sood
The concept of Whistle Blowing.
 One who reveals wrongdoing within an
organization to the public or to those in
positions of authority.

 The person with the concern must be


affiliated with the organization.
Generally…..
 The misconduct is a :-
 violation of law
 rule
 regulation
 or a direct threat to
public interest
There are two types of whistle
blowers:
 Internal whistle  External whistle-
-blowers report blowers report
misconduct to another misconduct to outside
employee or a persons or entities
superior within their
organization
Reasons why someone would
blow the whistle are:
 A violation of a law, rule or regulation
 Gross mismanagement
 A gross waste of funds
 An abuse of authority
 A substantial and specific danger to public
health or safety
Reactions to whistle-blowers:
 They are ostracized by their co-workers
 Discriminated against by future potential
employers
 Fired from their organizations
Examples of retaliation on Whistle
blowers….
 In Washington DC, employees of Northrup
Grumman were threatened with the loss of
their jobs if they disclosed computer
problems that caused thousands of e-mail
messages to escape reach of a
congressional subpoena
Whistle-blower law:

 In the UK, the Public Interest Disclosure Act


1998
 In the US, Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002
 Whistle-blower Protection Act (for federal
employees)
 No Fear Act
 Military Whistleblower Protection Act
Famous Whistle-blowers:
 Cynthia Cooper (WorldCom) and Sherron
Watkins (Enron) both exposed corporate
financial scandals
 Coleen Rowley (FBI) who outlined the
agency’s slow action prior to 9-11 attacks
 Joseph Darby (MP) who in 2004 alerted
the U.S. military command of prisoner
abuse in Abu Ahraib, Iraq
In closing……..
 A whistle-blowing is exposure of fraud or abuse
by someone with in the organization
 Computer forensics is now being used to blow
the whistle on fraud (corporate fraud specifically)
 There are 2 classifications
 Internal
 External
 Whistle-blowers are often ostracized,
discriminated against or fired.
 Laws have been enacted to protected those who
blow the whistle.
Thank You

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