Questions tagged [whistle-blowing]
Questions about the disclosure by a person, usually an employee in a government agency or private enterprise, to the public or to those in authority, of mismanagement, corruption, illegality, or some other wrongdoing.
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Provider is "cheating", but I don't want to disclose how I found out
I am an experienced IT developer who recently switched to IT consulting. My current project involves fighting horrible software performance on a server farm my client has rented.
My client recently ...
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Hostile work environment after whistle-blowing on coworker and our boss. What do I do?
I work night shifts with a co-worker who would always sleep or never be at work. We are both nurses.
She is friends with the administrator (our boss) who showed her signs of extreme favoritism on ...
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I reported the illegal activity of my boss to his boss. My boss found out. Now I am being punished. What should I do?
My direct supervisor has repeatedly performed actions that go against conduct of the company and of the state laws. I brought this to the attention of his boss in hopes of covering for myself when and ...
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Raised concerns about a security vulnerability to various managers, for more than a year, with no results. Should I mention it to external auditors?
Our team -
I work in financial and operational reporting as one of a team of 3 -- I'm not an accountant or in the finance function as such, it's more like Management Information (or Business ...
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Exposing a company lying about themselves in a tightly knit industry (videogames) : Is my career at risk on the long run?
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My former company is the example of start-ups malpractices. They're also vastly lying about themselves. They put me in a difficult situation in the past and I'd like to avoid others to fall ...
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What to do if you're asked to break industry regulations?
The company I work for has to comply with certain regulations regarding the software it uses, one of the terms being that a certain number cannot be higher than 3%. If it is the company can be heavily ...
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What should I do if I suspect someone is intoxicated?
Let's assume the following scenario. One early morning, at work, you walk to the coffee maker to refill your coffee mug. When you get over to the coffee maker, two individuals are there talking. ...
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How can I complain against someone when my evidence was obtained from an unethical source?
A part of my IT job I take upon myself is to sieve through outgoing employee emails to remove confidential and personal information before handing over the account to the succeeding person.
One ...
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My company sends extremely sensitive data to a contractor in China, but says it doesn't. Should I do anything?
I work as a developer in a midsized startup that has around 200 people and ~50k customers.
Our privacy policy says we don't share customer data with any third party, except that we certainly do - we ...
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How loudly should I warn about a failing project?
A few months ago I was asked to estimate the staffing and the time needed for a proposed new project. I estimated it as needing 10 staff over 5 years. A co-worker estimated the project as needing 7 ...
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Should I report co-worker I suspect of embarassing/pranking my employer publicly?
My company has had some issues since November, when some managers decided it would be a good idea to "promote" several senior scientists and engineers in the company (by giving them more ...
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If you must report incriminating information about a 3rd party to HR, should you do so anonymously?
If you noticed improper behavior at work, ranging from petty theft of office supplies to deliberate, willful manipulation of a company's financial statement, and you decided to report it to HR, should ...
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Whistleblowing regarding customer data security
You're a code monkey. Your CEO stubbornly insists on a partnership with another company that potentially exposes customer financial data to hackers, and wants you to incorporate their product into ...
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Employer's Ethics Policy doesn't allow anonymous whistle-blowing
I work for a big multinational company. The on-line "Ethics" training course which everyone has to sit through every couple of years suggests that:
If you suspect something unethical or illegal is ...
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Internet Monitoring Report spotted job searching [closed]
I monitor the internet usage throughout the business and then submit a report to the MD.
On one report it shows a colleague has been looking for a job extensively in working hours.
I know if I ...
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Should I be honest about Whistleblowing at company X in my interviews for Company Y or Z?
I was working at company x three months ago where I found some serious financial & data irregularities. I raised them in front of my bosses but as they were involved they did not take any action.
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What to do upon discovering fraud being committed by a CEO of a company I am invested in? [closed]
I have some stock in a company I used to work for so am subscribed to the investor's update letters. In the most recent investor's update the CEO announced some very impressive statistics for the ...
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Disciplining engineer who embarrased senior engineer [closed]
I am a manager involved in getting project out the door quickly, and oversee several dozen engineers for this project. A year ago, my senior engineer designed a replacement technology for a core piece ...
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Whistleblowing on Waste [closed]
Disclaimer: This is a theoretical question.
Assumptions
When an individual directly witnesses, has evidence of, or has a credible suspicion of wrongdoing at their place of work or in any organization ...
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