The Perception of Whistleblowing

Needs to be an office memo.
The Wall Street Journal carried the headline: “Tipsters Telephoning Ethics Hot Lines Can End Up Sabotaging Their Own Jobs.”
BACKGROUND ON SOX WHISTLE-BLOWER PROTECTION (Links to an external site.)
SARBANES-OXLEY (SOX) ON WHISTLE-BLOWERS DOL (Links to an external site.)
WHISTLE-BLOWER AD BY ZUCKERMAN LAW (Links to an external site.)
(Links to an external site.)FORMER SENATOR PAUL SARBANES DISCUSSES SARBANES-OXLEY ACT (Links to an external site.)
YOUR WRITING TASK: After you have read the module chapters; reviewed the videos linked herein; and considered the attached SOX law at the DOL’s website, please prepare an office memo (utilizing the memo template provided) that addresses the following questions:
What is a whistle-blower?
Provide a bit of historical background on why the whistle-blower law was needed?
List two companies referenced in the background video (whose ‘shenanigans’ made the law necessary)?
What is the name of the law that protects whistle-blowers in the corporate setting? Does it apply only if an employee is fired? If not, what other kinds of actions are covered?
What enforcement options does the law provide for employees who claim to be targeted because of whistle blowing?
What is the statute of limitations for an employee to bring a lawsuit under the whistle-blower law?
What are the remedies available to an employee who prevails in a whistle-blower law suit?
Why is whistle-blowing unpopular within the corporation?
How does whistle-blowing benefit the corporation?
Do YOU think whistle-blowing is an appropriate subject for corporate ethics codes? If yes, why? If not, why not? Explain your answer.
*OUTSIDE RESEARCH: Your final draft should be no more than 5 pages INCLUDING YOUR REFERENCE PAGE. You are provided with the necessary outside videos and documents for this assignment. This assignment will be checked for plagiarism through TURNITIN.
**REFERENCE PAGE: Please include a REFERENCE page on the last page of your memo. If you have any questions about completing a reference page, please visit the Purdue OWL or UC’s online library resources.

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