Whistleblower

Konczal, M. (2014). It 's only fair. In this article by Konczal, the author provided the practical application of an increase in the minimum wage, by indicating that federal policy makers are seeking common grounds on how to increase the minimum wage to a certain amount. However, state and local policy, makers a seeking higher wages than the federal wage increase. Additionally, since the 1990s an increase in the minimum wage does not show much adversity towards the unemployment levels as some…

There’s no need for a garish front cover when you have award winning writer Luke Harding’s, ‘The Inside Story of the World’s Most Wanted Man.’ What can be more legal or ethical challenging than running a story on national secrets provided by a whistleblower. Then when under threat of being closed down for refusing to hand over the documents by the Government, you destroy them in front of national security agents. After all integrity must be preserved as Goodman states, “If one journalist betrays…

Code Blue-Where To? This is a review of the case study Code Blue-Where To?, The patient in this case is an 80 year old patient admitted to a psychiatric facility, who ultimately dies. His death is not the fault of the medical staff, but the care he received prior to his death was plagued with system errors and communication breakdowns that could be argued as causing undue patient harm. The errors include problems with staff training, policy and procedures, outdated equipment, and failure to…

In For Business Ethics, the authors, Campbell Jones, Martin Parker, Rene ten Bos, present business ethics as something that does not have high expectations for people practicing business and will help work out the consequences of doing business. Common sense business ethics will allow business to continue being done the way it normally is. As the authors state, “the common sense of business ethics is that people need ethics nowadays, that business ethicists are the people they need to give it…

Customarily, these types of bankruptcy settlement deals don’t result in a payment of 100 cents on the dollar. Instead, the recipient “takes a haircut” by accepting a very small settlement. For example, Eric Dinallo negotiated a similar settlement of credit default swaps when he was the Insurance Superintendent for the state of New York. At his behest, Merrill Lynch settled a case for only 13 cents on the dollar from a company “XL Guarantee.” Although, this time around, Merrill Lynch received…

with people on foot with binoculars and other gadgets, they spy from miles away, through the internet and phone taps. The most controversial of the espionage programs has been the United State’s National Security Agency, or NSA for short. NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden recently revealed the NSA’s dubious methods. They monitor the internet activity of every American, as well as have access to their phone calls. This is an obvious infringement of the Constitution. The effectiveness and safety of…

Anyone born mortal has some manner of flaw. Some are more severe than others. The characters in Shakespeare's “Macbeth” are no exception. Some characters have minor flaws that should not be detrimental and others have major flaws that are destructive and eventually lead to their downfall. Not every character in the play is deserving of their fate. Some of them are victims of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Regardless of the circumstances, the cause of their downfall is due to their…

The Knapp Commission was started in the 1970’s after Frank Serpico in the New York City Police Department had enough of the police corruption and abuse of authority over the community. Frank Serpico is known as the whistleblower that began the investigation into police corruption in the New York Cities Police Department's so called finest. The police officers back then were doing everything that they were trained to look for in order to make an arrest. “The Knapp Commission’s report…

These characters and their stories were based upon the real events that unfolded during the mob’s hold on the New York Harbour. Filmsites Movie review states that the protagonist was modeled after the real-life whistleblower, Anthony De Vincenzo. The main antagonist was reflective of the mobster Albert Anastasia, and Pat Henning’s character, Kayo Dugan, mirrored Father John’s disciple, Arthur Brown. These characters were certainly based upon real people, but perhaps…

Employment-At-Will Doctrine: Employers in the modern corporate world are usually faced with numerous issues to address because of the changing nature of today’s business environment. These issues need to be addressed because of their impact on the relationship between employers and their employees. Some of the most common issues in employer-employee relationship include the use of social media in employment, personnel problems, insubordination, and probable invasion of privacy. One of the…