and should whistle-blowers be afforded legal protection? how can you tell if it is done for legitimate reasons and not for some sort of personal vendetta?
Looking for some strong opinions on this matter, serious answers only please.
2007-02-25 15:22:15 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
There are "whistle-blower" laws that prevent companies from retaliating against people who report legitimate problems/offenses, so yes, a company does have an obligation to tolerate them. You can tell that it's not a vendetta if what is reported is true. If someone is out for revenge, the claim will usually be outrageous, unprovable, and often from an EX-employee.
2007-02-25 15:35:07 · answer #1 · answered by Uther Aurelianus 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's hard to say. A company that needs to have a whistle blown on them may not, themselves, be responsible or feel they have any obligation to tolerate a whistle blower. How can you expect such a company to honor obligations to an employee who turns them in.
Ideally, I suppose a company should do so. Not always is the highest management involved - the problems are sometimes hidden from general view. If the company leadership IS responsible they may actually welcome "responsible whistle blowing" - for the betterment of the company.
Certainly the whistle blower should be legally protected and in my state they are. Although that protection may not be effective.
As to motive, how much does that matter if the accusations are true?
2007-02-25 16:46:48 · answer #2 · answered by Daniel J 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
In the United States, a company's sole financial responsiblity and therefore its total responsibility is to generate profits for its shareholders. Anything that gets in the way of those profits can not be tolerated because to allow wistle blowers to influence company conduct may be a breech of the company's fiduciary responsibility to its investors.
Whistle blowers are theoretically afforded a degree of legal protection against reprisals by the company. Usually that protection is a myth.
2007-02-25 17:40:42 · answer #3 · answered by fredrick z 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Where the blogbaba comes from they are called "snitches", and I'm not refering to a Harry Potter movie.
2007-03-05 08:41:50 · answer #4 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋