Whistleblowers

fiber optic cable networks” (“NSA Spying”). This was able to be achieved because major telephone and internet providers would allow the NSA to tap their cables, and copy the data (“NSA Spying”). Edward Snowden, a designer of the program turned whistleblower, revealed the specificity of this data collection when he…

An online drop-box where whistleblowers could anonymously share classified documents. It takes an unconventional mind to imagine and create an organisation like WikiLeaks. Most certainly, Julian Assange, its founder, is one particular character. The Australian-born has been described as a “criminal endangering both governments and individuals and by others a hero devoted to revealing vital hidden truths.” His paranoïa and predominant interest in conspiracies towards controlled information led…

The main topic of this documentary is animal agriculture. In this documentary “Cowspiracy, The Sustainability Secret” they talk about what is animal agriculture, what impact animal agriculture has and why aren’t we putting enough attention to this. This documentary is an is a innovative feature-length environmental documentary following intrepid filmmaker Kip Andersen as he exposes the most destructive business facing the earth today – and explores why the world’s leading environmental…

preferences do not match that of the legal doctrine than there is a number of things that could influence the court’s decision away from their political preferences. The biggest factor that Cross and Tiller discuss is the influential “whistleblower.” The whistleblower is typically a judge who has the minority preference, but whose preference is in line with the legal doctrine. This gives the minority opinion more weight than it would have under normal circumstances, because of the threat of…

In the United States of America, its citizens would like to believe that the rule of law applies to everyone equally; however, current events create questions in regard to this theory. Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton’s lies have far out-shadowed those of her contenders; however, her lies are so often contextualized, excused, and forgotten because of who she is and the purpose her lying supposedly serves. The FBI and the Justice Department have given her a pass on crimes that…

14-2 Do employers have rights? If so, what are these right? Yes, employers have rights, employers are represented by managers and those managers have management rights. The Management rights are to manage the workforce; hiring, promoting, assigning, disciplining, and discharging employees. In addiction, managers have the right to run the business and the right to retain the profits that come from operations. In other words employer’s most basic right is to run the business. (2) Background…

These slight events would have prevented any unethical situation from occurring at the end. However, the external auditors didn’t commit to it, and failed to keep the ethical environment and its corporate governance in Halliburton. Menendez, the whistleblower wasn’t included in the important meeting that Halliburton arranged. Throughout the meeting, KPMG was present without the employee Menendez. This meeting held the fact that there would be an accounting topic of a joint venture. However, SEC…

yourself. For example if a refinery was pumping its waste into a local reservoir or lake then you have a moral obligation to blow the whistle for the greater good. Duska tells the Bok says that the whistleblower is a violator of loyalty because he blows the whistle on his own team. In my opinion the whistleblower does not have a team. A company is not a team as I previously stated. A team is in context of sport or competition and a company’s objective is not to achieve victory, like a team,…

Individual vs Society Kimisha Peterson Ottawa University Introduction In the debate between the individual vs society there are many aspects to consider. In many literary works there is an emphasis put on the individual rather than the society as a whole, but even though the emphasis is on individual rights these rights are also for the common good. The line between the individual and society is very thin and can easily be crossed, but that’s why this debate is so convoluted. A…

According to Broad, ag-gag laws refer to the “Laws aimed at prohibiting unauthorized individuals from taking photographs and videos of animals agricultural operations.” From the perspectives of big agriculture, they think undercover videos are harmful to their farm owner’s privacy given that their family members work and operate in the farms day in and day out. Big agriculture also thinks undercover videos damages their farm business. They state advocacy campaign’s videos were selectively edited…