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Quiz :Whistleblowing laws are found in various forms around the world. What
broad definition of whistleblowing is characteristic of them all? -
Answer :Making public information about the actions of public or private
entities that are illegal or that damage or threaten health and safety of society
at large
Quiz :Whistleblowing gets defined in slightly different terms in various statutes
in US law, but how is the concept defined for US legal purposed in general? -
Answer :Whistleblowers provide the public & law enforcement with
information about employer actions that are illegal, unhealthy, or that violate
specific public policies
Quiz :In many areas of the law we need to balance different constitutional
principles and societal interest. What is being balanced in whistleblowing
cases? - Answer :
Quiz :Some whistleblower laws, such as the pertinent provision in Dodd-Frank,
will only protect whistleblowers who provide "original information". What is
original information in this context? - Answer :Information that comes from
the original knowledge or analysis of the whistleblower
Is not known to the SEC from any other source (unless given through
whistleblowing)
Is not exclusively derived from an allegation made in court, administrative
hearing, government report, hearing, audit, investigation, or from news media
(unless source is given)
Quiz :Anti-corruption laws are found in many countries around the world.
What is the relationship between these laws and whistleblower protection
laws? - Answer :Very Similar, Anti-Corruption also has a positive duty to
inform superiors of wrongdoing.
The function is similar but the motivation and types of problems involved are
different
, Quiz :What is the difference between a whistleblower and an informer? -
Answer :Whistleblowing
- A means of promoting organizational and
individual accountability
- Allows for disclosure of information about
misconduct while protecting whistleblower
from sanctions of all kinds
Informer
- Someone who is involved in illegal or harmful
activities and reports on activity to get a
reduced sentence
Quiz :What is the difference between whistleblowing and fulfilling a positive
duty to inform? - Answer :While similar, the motivation and types of problems
involved are different
Quiz :Which international treaties to which the US is signatory, if any, include
whistleblowing protection provisions? - Answer :- Convention against
Corruption (2005)
* Art. 32 - Protection of witnesses, experts,
victims
*Art. 33 - Protection of reporting persons
* only a few of the countries ratifying the
treaty has put laws in place
- UN Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Opinion &
Expression
-Inter-American Convention against Corruption
(1996)
Quiz :What types of public issues were at stake in the 21 examples of
whistleblowing included in the slide deck for the lecture on whistleblowing? -
Answer :
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