Whistleblower

Competing Through Globalization The Han Hoi riot took place in a manufacturing company in China where employees work long hours for noncompetitive wages doing repetitive tasks making iPods and iPads. In this particular instance, two employees who were overly worked got into a pushing match, where security got involved, beating the two employees, which caused other employees watching to become upset and retaliate against security. Unfortunately, this is not the only time of people…

This reflection paper reflect some theoretical discussion about administrative ethics, and how it is apply in practical and real-world bureaucratic discretion and formal rules. It also elaborate more on the challenges facing public administrators through administrative evil and ways that administrators can used to combat corruption, with various self-correcting mechanism for shady tactics particularly on whistleblowing. Holzer and Schwester (2011, p.350) described ethics to be grounded in…

In late 2007 until mid-2009 there was the Great Recession. This Recession was the longest Recession since World War II. Some of the most notable impacts of the recession are that the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) dropped 4.3 percent, the unemployment rate was the highest at 10 in October 2009 (2). The Recession had not only effected the GDP and the unemployment rate, it had also effected the S&P 500 which had dropped almost sixty percent from its high in 2007 until March of 2009. As the financial…

& Adams (2012) found that whistleblowers are a valuable source of information when it comes to problems and issues within the corporation. Therefore, including a form of protection or anonymity for the whistleblower is encouraged. The SEC and Sarbanes-Oxley require companies to establish an independent audit committee from the board of directors that can investigate and review claims made against others in the corporation (Siney & Adams, 2012). Ultimately, a whistleblower policy is fundamental…

The significance of the freedom of expression and speech has been recognized by political thinkers already in the 19th century. One of the most prominent supporters of free speech is John Stuart Mill. In his famous work “On Liberty”, the freedom of expression is presented as a key element of both truth prosperity and individual, as well as social, progress . Nowadays, the freedom of expression is one of the fundamental human rights recognized by many legal documents and conventions throughout…

selfless and we have given all that we have of ourselves. We are nurses and we care. Reference American Nurses Association. (1909) Hippocratic Oath for nurses. The American Journal of Nursing, 9(4), 256-259. Drew, M. & Garrahan, K. (2005) Whistleblower protection for nurses and other health care professionals. Journal of Nursing Law, 10(2). Haywood appeal. (2009). Nursing Standard, 23(40). Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). (2003). Retrieved…

As the media has shown the public in the last few years, the subculture within some police departments across the nation is strong and deeply rooted in an “us vs. them” mentality. Therefore, anyone within the ranks considered a whistleblower, “rat” or “snitch” is rejected and marginalized because they cannot conform. “Whilst the detectives are making moral judgements about the conduct and lifestyles of victims and suspects, they are also enacting their own morals in action” (Westmarland, 2013,…

What makes Citizenfour successful is that it takes a would-be traitor and turns him into a heroic icon. The director and filmmaker, Laura Poitras, seemed perfect for the role to construct such a thought provoking thriller. Her past basically speaks for itself; Citizenfour is the third film in her post 9/11 trilogy. Because of the type of film’s she’s worked on, she was placed on the government secret watch list. In a way, her past film from 2006, My Country, My Country, was something that helped…

choices to make. Consider streamlining the story to tell a more specific period of time vs. spanning so many years. For example, perhaps tell Buxtun’s story of being a whistleblower. Show how he learns about the cover-up or conspiracy, how he struggles for them to do the right thing and how he struggles about being a whistleblower. Focus on his story working with Jean Heller. Or the story could focus on the lawsuit that was filed by the attorney, who brought the case to the court. One could…

NSA activity. Also, Snowden found out that NSA programs like XKeyscore, or XKS, and PRISM collect all data on everything that someone does on the internet. (Szoldra). These programs were wrongly hidden by the government, and Snowden acted as a whistleblower to the American public. Overall, Snowden downloaded over one million documents that exposed wrongdoings inside the NSA. (Szoldra) While the government did promise changes to these programs, not much has been done. Barack Obama, the President…