Comments on: Don't be a whistleblower without a very large whistle

By: Maurice Walshe

Maurice Walshe — Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:26:43 +0000

Thease days in the tech area just leak it to vallywag.

* * * * * * * Hilarious. And so true.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 18:44:30 +0000

This is good advice. I worked for a company for the better part of a decade. I found that my supervisor was ripping off the company for hundreds of thousands of dollars and I had solid evidence. I went to his boss (district Manager) and showed him my evidence and I was told what a valuable asset I was to the company and I would no doubt climb the latter. Wrong. I was hauled into my boss’s office the next day and was fired for insubordination. All of the evidence I submitted was changed by the district manager to show me as the guilty party. That's right! The district manager I reported to was in on the scam. Don’t blow the whistle to an internal source, they might be in on it and it could cost your career.

By: Penelope Trunk

Penelope Trunk — Fri, 01 Sep 2006 04:40:58 +0000

Monique –
I agree with yoiur point that we should all try to save the world when we can.

The first piece I wrote about the whistleblowing is about how it does not make sense to me to lose a job in order to make the world a better place. People with power change the world. Stay employed and get some power.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:33:39 +0000

Just leak it anonymously, will you? You'd save the world and your career!

By: Monique

Monique — Thu, 31 Aug 2006 16:26:45 +0000

I disagree. A friend is faced with an uncomfortable situation where she has discovered her boss is embezzling money. She is an accountant and her fiduciary obligation and responsibility imposes that she investigate or convey her "suspicions" to her superior. If we turn and look the other way, this behavior only perpetuates and allows acceptance for wrongful behavior.