1. Employee & Ethics

2. Whistle-blowing

3. Whistle-blowing
The term whistle-blowing derives from the practice of English bobbies (polices) , who would blow their whistles when they noticed the commission of a crime. The whistle would alert both law enforcement officers and the general public of danger.

4. Whistle-Blowing
It is an attempt of an employee or former employee of an organization to disclose what he/she believes to be wrongdoing in or by the organization

5. Whistle-blowing Internal: reported to an executive in organization
The misconduct may be classified in many ways; for example, a violation of a law, rule, regulation and/or a direct threat to public interest, such as fraud, health/safety violations, and corruption.
External: reported to external public interest groups, media, or enforcement agencies.

6. Whistle-blowing
Personal: harm reportedly done only to the whistle-blower
Impersonal: harm observed as done to another

7. Whistle-blowing Sample I:
Dr. Jeffrey Wigand, head of research at Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company from , testified that this company knew and controlled nicotine levels in its products.
He revealed that executives of the companies knew that cigarettes were addictive and approved the addition of carcinogenic ingredients to the cigarettes.

8. Whistle-blowing Sample I:
His testimony, along with that of others, helped government initially win substantial lawsuit against this company. Wigand's story was the basis for the 1999 movie The Insider.

9. Whistle-blowing Sample II:
Karen Silkwood, the example of one person’s bold attempt to share inside information.
She was killed in November 12, 1974, at 28 years of age while driving to meet the reporter from New York Times with documentation about wrong doing attempt of Kerr-McGee plutonium company.
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