Title:
Whistleblowers / Noah Berlatsky, book editor.
Author:
Berlatsky, Noah.
Publication Information:
Detroit, MI : Greenhaven Press, ©2012.
Call Number:
342.73068 W579 2012
Abstract:
This volume explores the topics relating to whistleblowers -- people who inform the public or someone in authority about alleged dishonest or illegal activities occurring in a government department or private company or organization -- by presenting varied expert opinions that examine many of the different aspects that comprise these issues. The viewpoints are selected from a wide range of highly respected and often hard-to-find sources and publications. Allows the reader to attain the higher-level critical thinking and reading skills that are essential in a culture of diverse and contradictory opinions.
ISBN:
9780737763461
9780737763478
Series:
Opposing viewpoints series
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered)
Physical Description:
204 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
What motivates whistleblowers? Whistle-blowers' experiences in fraud litigation against pharmaceutical companies / Whistleblowers may have moral and immoral motivations / Whistleblowers may be motivated by revenge to make false accusations / Rewards give whistleblowers a motivation to reveal wrongdoing / Reward programs do not motivate whistleblowers / Do whistleblowers compromise national security? Those who expose national secrets should be punished / Whistleblowers expose illegal activity, not government secrets / Whistleblower Thomas Drake compromised classified information / The prosecution of whistleblower Thomas Drake is unjust / Whistleblowers can endanger national food supplies / Whistleblowers help protect national food supplies / Does WikiLeaks perform a valuable function as a whistleblower? WikiLeaks's government document leaks are vital for democracy / WikiLeaks's government document leaks are a danger to democracy / Alleged WikiLeaks whistleblower Bradley Manning is a hero / WikiLeaks whistleblowers are traitors / What consequences do whistleblowers face? Organizations often defend themselves by attacking whistleblowers / Organizations do not help themselves by attacking whistleblowers / For one whistle-blower, no good deed goes unpunished / An expert in government contracting faces reprisals for whistleblowing
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