Whistleblower

“In a word, I was too cowardly to do what I knew to be right, as I had been too cowardly to avoid doing what I knew to be wrong.” ― Charles Dickens Recently, Chelsea Manning, the former Army sergeant heroic and whistleblower, was released from the confines of her military prison in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Chelsea is free, not because Barrack Obama is a swell and compassionate guy or because the U.S. military is interested in justice -- Chelsea is free because of the thousands of organizers…

been proven that the NSA been working with cellular companies to monitor and survey phone calls with their own citizens, declaring that it 's legal under the patriot act that was created by George Bush after September 11. This was exposed by a whistleblower named Edward Snowden who seek sanctum in Russia after becoming a traitor by exposing American Secrets. This is blatantly breaking the fourth amendment but the patriot protects the NSA for spying on its citizens because it was made to “protect…

1. There are many decision-making traps WorldCom’s board has succumbed to. One of these trap is relying on one individual to lead and decide the future of the company. The leader of the company, Ebber was conceited, refrained from the truth, and short tempered. He made it visible throughout the company that he did not like negative and only accepted numbers that represent profit. With a similar image to Mao Zedong during the Great Leap Forward, the company was put through an economic crisis…

knowing the different policies and procedures that are available explaining the actions that should be taken if anything occurs ensures that the chance of abuse actually happening is seriously reduced. For example in George’s case study Mark is a whistleblower, this is because he found George in the condition he was in and took him to the hospital for treatment as well as reporting the…

A Synopsis of the Case Facts Tony Menendez was an auditor with Ernst & Young before he began working for Halliburton as their Director of Technical Accounting Research and Training in March 2005. He was told by his new boss, Mark McCollum, the Chief Accounting Officer, that he was needed to be the “Smokey the Bear” in the accounting team (Eisinger, 2015). They had just gotten over a two-year accounting probe from the SEC shortly before Menendez was hired and he was supposed to do an assessment…

Thank you to “whistleblower” Edward Snowden who exposed their dirty little secret. Mr. Snowden worked as a contractor for the NSA where he learned of the surveillance operation. Over the period of time in which he worked with the NSA, he acquired numerous documents that…

The 1993 film, The Firm, is about revealing the business environment as a cut-throat competitive and money driven realm of society that is faced with many personal and business ethical issues. In this essay, we will discuss The Firm’s multiple situations of corruption and deceit as it relates to business ethics concepts demonstrated by James Brusseau (2016); the decisions made and alternative outcome; the reasons why the character made his choices according to Kohlberg’s theory of moral…

Anonymous, the Worldwide Organization of Hackers What is "Anonymous"? Many media platforms claim it is a bunch of teenagers who only take control of websites to cause mischief. Politicians call them terrorists, thieves, and anarchists. Are any of these allegations true though? The public and supporters claim them to be heroes and saviors of the Internet. Fighting for anonymity and the freedom of information across the public and the Internet. All while sporting the infamous Guy Fawkes mask from…

With the rise of social media, many other problems started to arise as well, including legal aspects to a fairly new communication tool. Employers feel they have the right to monitor employees’ activities on social media to prevent them from sharing confidential information and maintain an ethical behavior. This so-called invasion of privacy can start in the hiring process when Facebook accounts are checked. It is very common for managers to have their employees on multiple social media…

Petrobras is a Brazilian oil company that was created by the Brazilian government in 1953. For the first decade Petrobras struggled to be successful despite being given a constitutional monopoly by the Brazilian government. Brazil did not have any oil reserves or the knowledge in oil exploration, and the goal for Petrobras was to become a world class oil producer. Petrobras began to see success in the 1980s when they developed deep water and ultra-deep oil production. This new technology…