Would you blow the whistle ?
Whistle blower normally can be defined
as , an individual who tells police or reports etc about something (such as
crime) that has been kept secret. I know you might be nicest person or great person,
and if you see something is going wrong in your company, what would you do
? Will you blow the whistle? You might
be less confidence or you do not have the guts to expose it. There is a lot of
things come to account ,there is integrity and honesty .On the other hand
whistle blower have negative impact. Plus if you are loyal to the company and
you saw that if you blow the whistle it will significantly impact the company
and on the other hand it will effect the general people. What would you do?
Also , you recently just join to the company , and you notice something fishy
is going on ,so you want to blow whistle. But you feel like would people
believe you? And the company is big.
Even though a whistle blower is hero
to the people, but companies and mangers see him as disloyal to the company and
also indiscreet to the company. Although , the federal government Whistle Blower
Protection Programme protects employees who
report violation of various workplace safety ,environmental ,financial reform
and securities laws. But in a career prospect view , media interviews , legal
testimony and government investigation
can affect the career prospects. Also , media attention may lead to the whistle
blower black listed in his industry. Furthermore , personal life can be stressful.
In order to search the story , media will go deeper into whistle blower
personal life. Also, whistle blower can get a threat from the company .As a
result , the life will become stressful. Although the reward at the end will be
greater, because you will serve the nation and people will remember you.
Here are some Whistle Blower Incidents
Pfizer(2009),
John Kopchinski (Whistle Blower)
Former sale representative and West Point
Graduate whose whistle blower lawsuit launched a massive government investigation
into Pfizer illegal and dangerous marketing of Bextra ,a prescription killer.
The company paid $1.8 billion to the government to settle the case and also
paid the largest criminal file which was $1.3 billion
AstraZeneca
(2010),Jim Wetta
AstraZeneca
(AZ) whistleblower Jim (James) Wetta filed a False Claims qui-tam case that
triggered the United States Department of Justice investigation into
AstraZeneca violating the Federal Anti-Kickback Statute and promoting the unapproved
use of the (anti-psychotic) drug Seroquel.
In September 2000, the drug Seroquel received FDA approval for the short-term treatment of schizophrenia, then in 2004, for bipolar depression. James Wetta exposed the company's alleged fraud, where sales reps were promoting the drug for a wide range of less serious disorders which included aggression, Alzheimer's disease, anger management, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar maintenance, dementia, depression, mood disorder, sleeplessness and post-traumatic stress disorder. Promoting drugs off-label amounts to fraud under the False Claims Act, as the unapproved uses were not medically accepted indications for which the federal and state Medicaid programs provided coverage. Under the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, a company must specify the intended use of a product in its new drug application to the FDA. Once the drug is approved by the FDA, the drug may not be marketed or promoted for off-label uses. The civil settlement agreement required AstraZeneca to pay $520 million to the federal government to resolve civil settlements
In September 2000, the drug Seroquel received FDA approval for the short-term treatment of schizophrenia, then in 2004, for bipolar depression. James Wetta exposed the company's alleged fraud, where sales reps were promoting the drug for a wide range of less serious disorders which included aggression, Alzheimer's disease, anger management, anxiety, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, bipolar maintenance, dementia, depression, mood disorder, sleeplessness and post-traumatic stress disorder. Promoting drugs off-label amounts to fraud under the False Claims Act, as the unapproved uses were not medically accepted indications for which the federal and state Medicaid programs provided coverage. Under the Food, Drug and Cosmetics Act, a company must specify the intended use of a product in its new drug application to the FDA. Once the drug is approved by the FDA, the drug may not be marketed or promoted for off-label uses. The civil settlement agreement required AstraZeneca to pay $520 million to the federal government to resolve civil settlements
HSBC(2011)
, Everett Stern (Whistle Blower)
Olympic Athelets(2015),Secret Whistle Blower
The secret whistle blower claimed that doping in Olympic athletics on a massive scale.scale. According to Sunday Times and German broadcaster ARd/WRD , The secret whistle blower statement and the secret result of 12,000 test from 5,000 athletes have cash doubt on a large number of tracks and fie;d medals won at the Olympics, also in world championship events.It has been stated that remarkably 80% of Russian medal-winnings athletes had recorded a suspicious .Also.it is followed by Ukraine,Morocco,Spain,Kenya,Turkey and others.
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