5. Fear of retaliation
Fear of losing jobs
Fear of losing relationships at work
Fear of demotion including cuts in salary
Fear of threats of legal action
6. Sarbanes-Oxley Act
False Claims Act
The Occupational Safety and Health Act
Federal Whistleblower Protection Act
Lloyd-La Follette Act
7.
8. • Recommendation of Public Interest Disclosure
(Protection of Informers) Act
2003
August
26,2010
• The Bill is introduced into the Lok Sabha
September
26,2010
• Standing Committee referral
June 9,
2011
• Standing Committee report
• Bill renamed to The Whistleblowers' Protection Bill
December2
8,2010
• Passed by the Lok Sabha
March
29,2012
• Bill Introduced in Rajya Sabha and still pending
approval
9. Trailblazer Project vs Thin Thread
Project
Drake’s interaction with Siobhan
Gorman
FBI raid
Charges: Willful Retention of
National Defense Information,
Obstructing justice and Making a
False Statement
Dropping of charges
Siobhan Gorman received an
award from the Society of
Professional Journalists
10. Background to Enron’s accounting
misrepresentations
Sherron’s letter to boss
Enron’s collapse
Is she really a whistleblower ??
11. IPS officer Devendra Dutt Mishra,
a DIG in the Uttar Pradesh Fire Service
Department
He had threatened to make public files containing
evidence of the massive embezzlement of funds
in the purchase of equipment.
Ended up in an asylum
12. Marketing manager for the Indian Oil Corporation
Sealed two petrol pumps for
selling adulterated fuel for
three months
Murdered by employees of
petrol pump
13. Director of the audit wing of the state cooperative
department
Exposed controversial land
allotments by cooperative
societies involving officials
and political figures
Cold-blooded murder
14. Chief Engineer at Maharashtra Engineering Training
Academy
15 page note to state
government alleging a massive
scam in irrigation projects
More than Rs 35,000 crore has
been pocketed by the politician-bureaucrat-
contractor nexus
15. Self-interest should not
dominate
Decision problem should be
grasped both in time and
space
Decision should leave the
decision maker in mental
quiet and repose
Decision should result in
better unity and harmony
than before
Hinweis der Redaktion
Willful Retention of National Defense Information 18 U.S.C. § 793(e) (5 counts) ( 793(e) is a modification of the Espionage Act of 1917 made under the McCarran Internal Security Act of 1950 ) Obstructing justice 18 U.S.C. § 1519 (1 count) Making a False Statement 18 U.S.C. § 1001(a) (4 counts)