Whistleblowers
By: [compiled by H. W. Wilson]
Edition: [First edition].
Series: The reference shelf -- volume 87, number 2; Reference shelf -- v. 87, no. 2.
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781619256897; 9781619256910
Subjects: Whistle blowing; Law and legislation
Description: 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.
Notes: Edition statement supplied by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1.; title: Ethical obligations : Building an ethical framework ;; title: I had to do it  -- David Morgan ;; title: What motivates a whistleblower?  -- Meredith Melnick ;; title: What really drives a whistleblower like Edward Snowden?  -- Maggie Severns ;; title: Opting to blow the whistle or choosing to walk away  -- Alina Tugend ;; title: Survey shows increase in whistleblowers reporting misconduct, but in retaliation as well  -- Hannah Johnson ; -- The; title: whistle-blower's quandary  -- Adam Waytz, James Dungan, and Liane Young ;; title: Why you should applaud dissent, not fire it  -- Jeremy Quittner ; -- The; title: banality of systemic evil  -- Peter Ludlow ;; title: Whistleblowing is coming soon to a private-sector company near you  -- Shel Holtz ;; title: Tobacco whistleblower talks cigarette policies  -- Carly Noah -- 2.; title: Confronting perpetrators : Truth and consequences ;; title: Don't shoot the messenger  -- Vanessa Baird ;; title: Whistleblowers, beware: most claims end in disappointment, despair  -- Ben Hallman ;; title: Why intelligence whistleblowers can't use internal channels  -- Conor Friedersdorf ;; title: Why most financial whistle-blowers go unheard  -- Kate Kenny ;; title: Whistleblowers score a big payday: three individuals, one firm to receive $170 million in Bank of America probe  -- Christina Rexrode and Timothy W. Martin ;; title: Too big to jail?  -- Michael G. Winston ;; title: Hedge fund kept U.S. inquiry quiet  -- Gretchen Morgenson ; -- The; title: man who blew the whistle  -- Joe Nocera ; -- A; title: whistle-blower spurs self-scrutiny in college sports  -- Brad Wolverton ;; title: Whistleblowers need encouragement, not roadblocks  -- Curtis C. Verschoor -- 3.; title: Reprisals and the law : The backlash ;; title: Message from the Chief of the Office of the Whistleblower  -- Sean X. McKessy ;; title: Why is Obama bashing a whistleblower law he already signed?  -- Dana Liebelson ;; title: FBI revamping whistleblower rules  -- Devlin Barrett ;; title: Patriot games: the odds are stacked against whistleblower Snowden  -- Ashley Savage ;; title: 35 years for Manning, and time for better whistleblowing laws  -- Ashley Savage ;; title: G20 still has a way to go with whistleblower protections  -- Suelette Dreyfus ;; title: After the whistle: revealers of government secrets share how their lives have changed  -- Emily Wax ; -- The; title: fraud behind a $14 million whistleblower award  -- Jean Eaglesham ;; title: One whistleblower gets $30m in the bank, but others count the personal cost  -- Jana Kasperkevic ; -- The; title: next battleground in the war on whistleblowers  -- Peter van Buren ;; title: Air marshal whistleblower wins 7-2 Supreme Court victory  -- Government Accountability Project ;; title: VA destroyed records, punished whistleblower in patient death, complaint alleges  -- Jim McElhatton ;; title: Former CIA officer Jeffrey Sterling convicted in leak case  -- Matt Zapotosky ;; title: Double standard for leaking endangers the nation  -- Linda Lewis -- 4.; title: Security in democracy : Seeing both sides ; Kiriakou and Stuxnet: the danger of the still-escalating Obama whistleblower war  -- Glenn Greenwald ;; title: On whistleblowers and government threats of investigation  -- Glenn Greenwald ;; title: Demonizing Edward Snowden: which side are you on?  -- John Cassidy ;; title: Edward Snowden is no hero  -- Jeffrey Toobin ; -- The; title: Snowden principle  -- John Cusack ;; title: Report puts Snowden-like leaks as the no. 2 threat to U.S. security  -- Ken Dilanian ;; title: Manning's convictions and his victory  -- Amy Davidson ; -- A; title: message from Edward Snowden, one year later  -- American Civil Liberties Union ;; title: Sources of discomfort: national security reporting in the age of leak hunts  -- Noreen Malone ;; title: Intelligence security initiatives have chilling effect on federal whistleblowers, critics say  -- Scott Higham ;; title: Supreme Court weighs whistleblower protections -- Jess Bravin.