Who Whistleblower Is

Who Whistleblower Is (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Labor Regulations lesson that introduces its participants to labor laws and related regulatory compliance.

WorldOpp Pipeline

This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Employment session of the CNM Cyber Orientation. The Orientation is the second stage of the WorldOpp Pipeline.

Content

The predecessor lectio is Protected Groups.

Key terms

Whistleblower. A person who exposes secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal or unethical. In some countries, labor laws protect whistleblowers from potential retaliation that may otherwise include termination of employment, demotion, suspension, threats or harassment, and discrimination.

• OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program. The main application that is responsible for protecting the rights of employees, who may fear job loss or other reprisals if they speak up. Workers who feel they have suffered retribution for reporting company violations should file a complaint with their local OSHA office within 30 days of the incident.
• Whistleblower Protection Act. The federal labor law that was initially enacted in 1989 and enhanced in 2012 that specifically protects those people who work for the United States Federal Government and report on illegal or improper activities conducted by this government or its parts.

Script

Whistleblower is a person who exposes one's wrongdoing, secretive information or activity that is deemed illegal or unethical.

Whistleblowers may expose corruption, fraud, threat to public interest and/or national security, as well as violation of regulations. Whistleblowers usually have a choice to expose their information internally or externally.

Whistleblowers commonly take the risk of facing retaliation from the alleged wrongdoers. In the United States, some laws have been enacted to protect whistleblowers from potential retaliation that may otherwise include termination of employment, demotion, suspension, threats or harassment, and discrimination.

The OSHA's Whistleblower Protection Program is the main application that is responsible for protecting the rights of employees, who may fear job loss or other reprisals if they speak up. Workers who feel they have suffered retribution for reporting company violations should file a complaint with their local OSHA office within 30 days of the incident.

The Whistleblower Protection Act is the federal labor law that was initially enacted in 1989 and enhanced in 2012 that specifically protects those people who work for the United States Federal Government and report on illegal or improper activities conducted by this government or its parts.

What Recruitment Is is the successor lectio.

Questions

Lectio quiz

The answer is recorded for the lectio completion purpose:

1. Do you understand why whistleblowers are important? --Yes/No/I'm not sure/Let me think/Who is a whistleblower?