Whistleblower

acts of a company. The objective of the whistleblower is to cease the wrongdoing and to stop further corruptions within the company (Ray, 2006). These corruptions can occur in any type of workplace, including law offices, hospitals, research labs, and manufacturing plants, just to name a few. Since the 1960s, the importance of whistleblowing has become increasingly recognized, due to the fact that there are now laws and statutes that protect whistleblowers (Callahan & Morehead, 1992). This…

Sherron Watkins, former vice president of Enron Corporation, plays a pronounced part in the history of whistleblowers who blew the whistle on corporate companies. Sherron Watkins blew the whistle on Enron in 2001 by sending a memo to Kenneth Lay, the founder of Enron, giving caution she knew the company was at a great risk of finding themselves in a dilemma. The dilemma would be the product of many financial accounting scandals. Enron is a company that buys and sales energy from different…

With the election of 2016 approaching quickly, many important issues in America have arisen through debate. One of the more prominent controversies is whether Edward Snowden should be pardoned or not. In 2013, Edward Snowden, a former CIA and NSA contractor, collected confidential documents regarding NSA domestic surveillance practices and leaked them to the public. As a result, he was marked an outlaw and is now residing in Russia. His actions have sparked many changes within the American…

Anonymity as a Necessary Evil The Internet is filled with people that cannot be normally identified. They are essentially disembodied voices that speak when not spoken to and provide opinion even when they do not have a valid one to present, Anonymity is a necessary evil as it allows people to freely express opinion without retaliation, allows people to share information, and for the preservation of personal freedom. The United States guarantees a right to the freedom of speech. This means…

With the inception of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have really made even more of an effort to scale back on physician based Medicare/Medicaid fraud. These fraudulent cases come in all different manners from physicians and their practices knowingly defrauding the government to ongoing fraud which was never caught or knew they were committing fraud. Unfortunately CMS possesses little to no leniency for the infractions…

only do they lose the trust of their fellow officers, they are excommunicated from the Department, and at times, are severely punished by the Department; in even more serious cases they are apart of a cover up scheme. In today’s society, the whistleblower walks a fine line between Patriot and Traitor, but ultimately they are a severe symptom of a very serious problem with our government and its…

The movie Prescription Thugs is about those who abuse pharmaceutical medicine to a point of death or severe addiction. The creator of the film, Chris Bell, interviews various former pharmaceutical drug addicts and a supplier/whistleblower. He meets with many former WWE and MMA athletes. They speak of their addictions, what led to them, how they played out, and what the short term and long term consequences were. Chris Bell’s own brother, Mike Bell, died of causes directly related to his own…

Today we live in a world where not one thing gets unnoticed or unseen. We share our daily experiences on social media; from our morning breakfast to our late night party, or Netflix show. Everything is available for people around the world can see a glimpse of our lifestyle. It is solely in our hands on what and how much information we share with the virtual world. Similar is the case with democratic governments. Democracy can be simply defined as the government of the people, for the people,…

citizen will fail to not only recognize but to also appreciate the true extent to which former and current service members incessantly choose to dedicate their own as well as their family’s entire way of life for the continued protection of the nation in which they share a home. Furthermore, Americans continually fail to realize the immense importance in which both these truths hold as well as the potential consequences they may possess. The United States first presidential leader and perhaps…

In the wake of terrorist activity around the world and threats of violence at home, the interrogation of prisoners has become a controversial issue in both international and domestic politics. In interrogation procedures, interrogators have enlisted physicians to caring for prisoners and to assist extracting information. Yet, defining the role of physicians in these interrogations is controversial. In the interrogation process, physicians are confronted with competing loyalties of patriotism…