Blow The Whistle By Alina Tugend: Article Analysis

“Opting to Blow the Whistle” This article is written by Alina Tugend. This article was written about the problems or mixed emotions of people reporting an unethical situationin their workplace ,Whether or not someone is going to speak up or just disregard the situation as if it never happened. And if so what are some of the things that makes them make this decision to speak up or just sit back.The article is aimed at everyday people in their workplace friom the managers to just the custodians.It explains how an many cases the person to speak up was aimed to be the “oddball out” or even the “tatteller” the person that doesnt just roll with the flow. Bringing many statistics to the table and opinionated people this article is as reliable as they come. …show more content…
In a part of the article it says “A good thing to ask yourself is, ‘Why am I doing this? Am I trying to help the company or just get someone in trouble?’ ” - Stuart Sidle. This is really true because I won't tell if I feel like it's because I dislike someone or because I feel like I want my managers to feel like i'm really dedicated that i'm willing to throw someone else under the bus.Why ? and How will the benefit me many reports that being the whistleblower in many sceneries didn't help in their benefit such as in 2009 “4 percent of those who said they experienced reprisals for reporting wrongdoing cited physical threats to themselves or their property”. So this makes me think twice about being the person to speak