INTRODUCTION - DEFINITION OF WHISTLEBLOWING Whistleblowing is the term used to refer to unauthorised reporting or disclosure of confidential information in an organization by an employee or former employee of the organization. The unauthorised disclosure of confidential information to the public made in order to protect the public interest and a protected disclosure is the official term for whistleblowing. When an employee discovers evidence of misconduct in an organization, he or she faces an
2.0 LITERATURE REVIEW The review of literature of this study broadly focused on whistleblowing. There have been several attempts to define whistleblowing, but certainly there is no generally accepted definition. According to Near and Miceli (1985), which are often referred by researchers, whistleblowing is a process whereby a current or former member of an organization discloses practices or activities believe to be illegal, immoral or illegitimate, to those who may be able to effect change. The
Boeing Case Study: Sarbanes-Oxley Act's Internal Control Mandates and Whistleblowing Name University Boeing Case Study: Sarbanes-Oxley Act's Internal Control Mandates and Whistleblowing Similar to other public companies, Boeing intends to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act's (SOX) internal control mandates. To ensure that its internal audit committee sufficiently handled all requirements, Boeing contracted with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) auditors for additional support. In January
there is a term called ‘whistleblower’. In a very simplest way, we can define a whistleblower as the one who is in the organization, realizing what wrongdoings that have been done and reports to the authorities for the sake of preserving working ethics. Back to the problem raised above, for those who do (have the guts), what are the risks that they might encounter if they report the wrongdoings to the authorities? In his article, Mathew B. Trully who is a retired employee of the U.S Department
Business ethics is primarily a subset of ethics and no special set of ethical values adheres only to the world of business. Unethical acts are immoral, whether or not a corporate person has committed them. In the past few years, numerous business wrongs, such as insider trading, the Chit fund scandal, the Bhopal gas tragedy, the Kodaikanal case of a leading fast moving consumer goods company, and the savings and loan industry collapse have been heard off almost daily. Ethics can be basically described
Code of ethics Code of ethics says or states the principal and expectations governing the behavior of individuals and organizations in the conduct of internal audit. Code of ethics is started by setting out the values that underline the code and will specify the company’s obligation to its stakeholders and employees and other people connected to the company .The code is publicly made available and addressed to anyone with an interest in the company’s activity and the way it does business. It
The Ethics of Professional Engineers Mohammad A. Radwan Electronics and Communications Department Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University Giza, Egypt mradwan@eng.cu.edu.eg Abstract—This work presents a survey about the ethics of professional engineers. It summarizes the aspects of the engineering ethics and their reflection to our life. It also shows the importance of applying the engineering codes of ethics either for the engineer, or the society, showing the good and bad sides of these behaviors
In this paper, I replied to the case study questions by referring the reading material given and from other online source. And answered each questions seperately in detail. 1. What are the characteristics of an effective board of director? Evaluate Olympus board during the period when the accounting fraud was perpetuated against these characteristics. Seven Characteristics of an effective Board Directors ("Seven characteristics of an effective board", 2015): There is no one model or structure for
1.1 Ethic is the moral judgement of an individual about right and wrong. Behaving (ethically) in the company is a moral action where employees must decide what they think is good or wrong for the company and for themselves. It is also a way of being professional. Ethical behavior is therefore good for the company because it enable the company to attract customers, more candidates to the vacancies. It also encourages positive environment, help to build customer’s loyalty and avoid legal problems
CASE 1.3: RADIATION VILLAGE: THE PEOPLE OF NUCLEAR TEST FALLOUT Due to problems of radiation caused by nuclear tests conducted during Pokhran 1 & 2, the resident of Khetolai, a near by village, had filed a petition with the State Human Rights Commission. A committee of experts has been appointed to investigate these issues. Vishwa Mohan Sharma, the DC, had sought help from the Director of Jodhpur Medical College to carry out a study of entire area. Khertolai is a small village about 25kms from Pokhran