NOTE: use Perl; is on undef hiatus. You can read content, but you can't post it. More info will be forthcoming forthcomingly.
All the Perl that's Practical to Extract and Report
an endless discussion thread about what features to include.
-- Jarkko Hietaniemi
Stories, comments, journals, and other submissions on use Perl; are Copyright 1998-2006, their respective owners.
What protection is there for whistle blowers? (Score:1)
My first reaction on hearing Chip's story was "Thank goodness I don't live and work in America". In fact, it seems to be a blatant violation of the fourth amendment [everything2.com], but IANAL and IANAA.
I would be interested in what rights and protection a whistle blower can claim under laws in different countries, when their employer is behaving unlawfully. The Sarbanes-Oxley act of 2002 was introduced in the US, in the wake of Enron, and seems to give some protection to a whistle blower. But it seems that this might be restricted to financial issues - misrepresentation of a company's accounts, concealing/destroying data, etc. Also, its debatable whether this is true 'protection'.
In many ways, S-Ox has put many third parties, accountants and auditors especially, in an awkward position. They are now comitting a felony if they continue to cover up their client's misdemeanours, but they stand to lose the account if they speak the truth.
Reply to This