whistle-blowers
Internal wrongdoing reporters
Whistle-blowers are people who expose wrongdoing within an organization, typically by reporting illegal activity, fraud, or safety violations to authorities or the public.
The term evokes someone blowing a whistle to stop play or raise an alarm.
Whistle-blowers often face retaliation despite legal protections: The whistle-blower revealed the company had been dumping toxic waste for years.
Failed energy corporation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- SECStock market regulator
- misconductImproper professional behavior
executives · shareholders · auditors · embezzlement · insider · compliance · cover-up · malfeasance
Punitive response to injury
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
- lawsuitCivil court proceeding
termination · harassment · legislation · settlement · attorneys · vindication · courage · silenced
NSA contractor turned fugitive
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
- NSAFederal cryptologic intelligence agency
Pentagon · secrets · intelligence · WikiLeaks · espionage · transparency · Watergate · clearance
Harmful professional negligence
- MedicareFederal senior health program
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
- FDAU.S. health regulator
billing · kickbacks · opioids · negligence · cover-up · insurance · falsified · inspections
Enron
Failed energy corporation
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- accountingMaintaining financial records
- SECStock market regulator
misconduct · executives · shareholders · auditors · embezzlement · insider · compliance · cover-up · malfeasance · scandal
retaliation
Punitive response to injury
- anonymityUnknown identity state
- hotlineDirect emergency phone connection
- safeguardsMeasures preventing harm
lawsuit · termination · harassment · legislation · settlement · attorneys · vindication · courage · silenced · blacklisted
Snowden
NSA contractor turned fugitive
- classifiedRestricted from disclosure
- leaksUnwanted fluid escapes
- surveillanceSystematic observation of subjects
NSA · Pentagon · secrets · intelligence · WikiLeaks · espionage · transparency · Watergate · clearance · redacted
malpractice
Harmful professional negligence
- MedicareFederal senior health program
- fraudIntentional criminal trickery
- pharmaceuticalsManufactured therapeutic substances
FDA · billing · kickbacks · opioids · negligence · cover-up · insurance · falsified · inspections · violations
- moral exemplarsGandhi, Mother Teresa, Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela, saints
whistle-blowerscompany men
Employees devoted to employer
loyalists · yes-men · team players · true believers · party faithful
whistle-blowersaccomplices
Partners in crime
co-conspirators · enablers · collaborators · abettors · accessories
whistle-blowerssuppressors
Devices that reduce intensity
gatekeepers · censors · spin doctors · redactors · silencers
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