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Kevin Coleman
Business Ethics
Dr. Robert E. Lofton
2 June 2008


Whistle-blowing in the workplace: Do we stand by and allow business corruption as usual or prepare to take a fall for something?

It sometimes requires uncommon courage, as whistle-blowing in the workplace is not so easy to do. What motivates you? Is it revenge, ethics or a combination? To take a closer look, let’s consider what is whistle blowing and explore a few conditions used to justify whistle-blowing, and concluded with how companies can benefit from a whistle-blowing policy.

What is a whistle-blower or whistle-blowing?

Let’s make it clear that informers and snitches are individuals, who reveal information for personal enrichment or a means to get at others. However, whistle-blowers like Bobby Boutris a Federal Aviation


Administration employee are generally conscientious people who expose some wrong doing, often at great personal risk such as death threats.

Whistle-blowing is the......

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