Whistleblower

The Group has adopted a Whistleblower Policy that is designed to support and encourage staff to report in good faith matters such as: Unacceptable practices; Irregularities or conduct which is an offence or a breach of laws of PNG (actions & decisions against the laws of PNG including non-compliance);  Corruption;  Fraud;  Misrepresentation of facts;  Decisions made & actions taken outside established BSP policies & procedures;  Sexual harassment;  Abuse of Delegated Authorities;  Misuse…

I investigated the 2009 Texas Whistleblower case concerning registered nurses Anne Mitchell and Vickilyn Galle, and Dr. Rolando Arafiles Jr.. Mitchell and Galle anonymously reported their concerns to the Texas Medical Board, on the standards of care provided, at Winkler County Memorial Hospital and the Winkler County Rural Health Clinic, by physician Dr. Arafiles. The letter reported that Dr. Rolando Arafiles Jr. was promoting his herbal supplements by encouraging his patients to purchase them…

Medicare would pay for this “unavoidable” waste. A nurse and a Dr. that worked together noticed that expensive medicine was just being thrown away. These two men were upset this was happening and when nothing was being done to change it they filed a whistleblower case. 2. $800 million dollars was made by overbilling the government from just these two drugs. 3. The attorney of DaVita claimed that the vitals/medicine were not wasted. She states that you have to look at all of the issues such…

Whistleblowers can be defined as those who “expose misconduct (e.g., fraud, abuse, or illegal activity) within an organization.” Whistleblowers, in the context of the intelligence community, are employees or contractors of federal intelligence agencies who bring information on agency wrongdoing to the surface. The report “Intelligence Whistleblower Protections: In Brief” by Rodney M. Perry notes that the Obama Administration and Congress in Obama’s era did take action to “limit retaliation”…

Paula Price was fired for “whistleblowing” dishonest practice, and is suing her former employer, Automative Research & Testing (ARTI), for violating the whistleblower protection provisions of the Automobile Manufacture Integrity Act of 2014 (AMIA). Price was a contractor for Ford Motor Corporation (FMC). The primary focus of this case is the interpretation of the word “employee” in § 114(a)(1) of the AMIA and whether it includes contractors. Before analyzing the interpretation of the statute…

6. When Smittz was asked why he called Councilmember Lincoln and informed him, he indicated he didn’t know how the whole “whistleblower process” worked but he thought telling an elected official would get the ball rolling. Smittz should have referred to the City of San Jose Whistleblower Hotline and not have contacted Councilmember Lincoln. The Whistleblower Hotline’s purpose to provide the public and employees with an opportunity to express concerns such as: theft of City resources; record…

The SEC’s Dodd-Frank whistleblower program is getting a lot of attention now that the agency is announcing substantial rewards given for information. The SEC does not disclose the name of the company involved, nor the name of the whistleblower who received the reward, however, people still worry about maintaining their anonymity. While the whistleblower program has strong protections against retaliation, such as an employer firing an employee who gave the SEC a tip, there's no protection against…

Throughout my accounting studies so far, whistleblowers have been praised for their heroic actions that lead to the collapse of a giant corporation. However, the heroic actions and collapse are the seldom times that whistleblower protection laws work. In C. Fred Alford’s book: Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power, Mr. Alford explores the corporation and systems irrational behavior that makes whistleblowers lose faith in humanity and the justice system. Throughout the book, Mr.…

Dangers of Willful Blindness” by Margaret Heffernan she starts to talk about whistleblowers and she said, “They're hugely dedicated to the institutions that they work for, and the reason that they speak up, the reason they insist on seeing, is because they care so much about the institution and want to keep it healthy.” This quote relates to Joe's Nocera’s article “The Man Who Blew the Whistle”, because Bill Lloyd, the whistleblower, told S.E.C that the company he worked for, which was…

accounting or auditing matters. This procedure is usually known as “whistleblower procedures.” By improving complaints, procedural can be very beneficial for an organization because they would be able to deal situations and concerns earlier before they develop into bigger crises.…