Whistleblower

“Pharma Bro” Martin Shkreli, CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals raised the price on a drug to treat infections in AIDS patients by 5,000%, from $13.50 a pill to $750 a pill thus shining a global spotlight on the United States’ precarious healthcare market. Shkreli has become the ogre of healthcare. Yet other companies have jacked up prices just as much as Shkreli did, with no consequences other than soaring stock prices. In September of 2016, the makers of the Epipen (The Epi-pen is only the…

(Irwin, P, Thompson, N. L. (1978). This is one example of how the Internet has benefited society as a whole. Alternatively, it is often argued that with digitalisation, our privacy is somewhat in question, Ashford, W. (2016, May 18). The rise of “Whistleblowers” Like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden raise questions as to whether there is a general distrust in the population of intelligence agencies or whether a few self-righteous do-gooders have decided to play messiah. With…

Introduction Withholding information is a very common tactic for leaders of any kind. From birth, many parents shield their children from the world to protect them. Since the Great War, governments have kept secrets “too dangerous” for their populations. Today, company leaders conceal information to shield their employees or their profits. Perhaps, Col. Jessup said it best in the cult classic A Few Good Men, “You can’t handle the truth.” It is a widespread practice, but what are the…

Case Study 2 Erin Olivier – AVM 371 Erin Olivier Southern Illinois University Carbondale AVM 371 Aviation Industry Regulations Spring 2017 Case Study #2 – – Southwest Airlines: FAA Safety Inspectors and Cracks I. Summary: • In 2008, the Department of Transportation (DOT) investigated allegations that certain FAA inspectors became “too cozy” with Southwest and failed to inspect for cracks in the skin of aircraft. The failure to inspect occurred during 2006 and 2007. •…

Government. Your view of what that one word means likely depends on your experience with the behemoth that is our government. There are so many levels: federal, state, local and then sublevels within each level. Government and the laws they create and enforce usually happens without us thinking too much about it; pay your taxes, obey the speed limit, don’t kill other people. Do these basic generic tasks and we can believe our lives are controlled by our own actions. Most of us know governments…

who leaked a secret document file to Hong Kong and now he has been charged for treason. According to NBC news on the interview held with Edward Snowden “inside the mind of Edward Snowden” the reports say that the government claims that “[Many Whistleblowers] have done significant and irreversible damage to the nation there is concrete proof the terrorist groups and others are taking action and making changes and its making our jobs together and this amount to telling or enemy our enemy our…

Review Essay Option VI. The Nature of a Totalitarian State Winston Smith is the main character of this chapter. The leader, or at least the face, of the ruling party in society, simply called the Party, is “Big Brother”. There is a dark-haired girl mentioned, who is a part of the so-called Junior Anti-Sex League, and a part of the Outer Party. Winston feels hatred towards her, because she is beautiful and young, and he knows he will never have any kind of relationship with her. Another party…

Once he left Syngenta to carry out the research on his own, he was acting on presupposed knowledge and believed that there would be a black cat in the dark room. Syngenta foresaw that through Hayes’ research and experimentation, he would become a whistleblower on the company and discredit them. They knew the type of research he would do and had to prevent it from damaging profits. Interestingly enough, Aviv does not discuss how much more knowledge about Atrazine Hayes discovered after leaving…

DACA to provide relief for Dreamers, parents of legal permanent residents, and other immigrants who was given protection under the 2013 immigration bill passed by the Senate. We must also protect the rights of immigrant workers by providing a whistleblower visa for those who reported labor violations. This addresses the issue of the violation of immigrant rights because many employers abuse employees, knowing that they will not report the abuse due to fear of deportation. Furthermore, there must…

severe sanctions on driving while intoxicated and consumption of alcohol by minors. MADD came about because of two women’s courage to not just stand by and allow their children to become just a another statistic in the report instead they became whistleblowers on driving while intoxicated, changing public opinion, giving voices to victims who could no longer speak for themselves, and giving support to their families. Although there will always be drinking and driving, a vast majority of…