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Are whistle-blowers a friend or foe to an organization?

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A whistle-blower

A) doesn't have to be a past or present member of the organization.
B) doesn't have to report activity that is illegal, immoral, or harmful.
C) is any employer who spreads gossip for personal gain.
D) far from being disloyal, may be acting in the best interest of the organization.

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A kickback is a kind of bribe.

What are the potential motivations of being a whistle-blower?

Prudential reasons are those moral reasons that are separate from self-interest.

When an employee's interests are likely to interfere with the employee's ability to exercise proper judgment on behalf of the organization, what exists?

According to Norman Bowie's definition, whistle blowing is conceptually restricted to reporting on activities that are harmful to third parties, violations of human rights, or contrary to the public purpose and legitimate goals of the organization.

When faced with a moral decision, employees should follow the two-step procedure of identifying the relevant obligations, ideals, and effects, and then deciding where the emphasis should lie among these considerations.

A conflict of interest arises when an employee has private interests that are substantial enough to interfere with his or her job duties.

Inside traders ordinarily defend their actions by claiming that they don't injure

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act weakened legal protections for whistle blowers.

Which act provides sweeping new legal protection for employees who report possible securities fraud, making it unlawful for companies to "discharge, demote, suspend, threaten, harass, or in any other manner discriminate against" them?

According to Jennifer Moore the real reason insider trading should be prohibited is that it undermines the fiduciary relationship that is at the heart of business management.

Employees have no obligations to people with whom they have no business relations.

Whistle-blowing involves exposing activities that are

Employees have certain general duties to their employers, and because of the specific business, professional, or organizational responsibilities they have assumed, they may have other more precise role-based obligations.

What is a conflict of interest, and when does it arise?

Which is the best argument for legally protecting trade secrets?

U.S. companies have a history of paying off foreign officials for business favors. Such acts were declared illegal by

According to Professor Norman Bowie, which of the following factors is primarily relevant to the motivation of whistle-blowers?