Are Whistleblowers heroes or snitches? Literature Research Paper

ARE WHISTLEBLOWERS HEROES OR SNITCHES?
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Are whistleblowers heroes or snitches?
Companies that engage in illegal businesses, produce substandard products or contaminate the environment are not any more at risk of being exposed from only hypercritics, authorities or the media. To an increasing extent, delinquency in government and private organizations is being exposed by workers who move outside the command line up to “blow the whistle.” Every time the accusations are ascertained to be correct, the whistleblower is considered as a hero and often highly gifted, though in the aftermath of deficient performance appraisals and non-acceptance. On the other hand, without such proof, the whistleblowers are treated as irresponsible “snitches” who are after individual enrichment over team-playing. The national government, as well as numerous private companies, have developed detailed techniques for examining whistleblower assertions along with establishing which perspective applies (Hersh, 2001). This paper evaluates the literature of whistleblowing in the context of whether it is heroism or betrayal.
Whistleblowers are heroes
Whistleblowers are inspired by loyalty. For instance, Sherron Watkins an employee of Enron did not initially expose her concerns in public but rather to her current bosses. She wrote a memo directed to the organization’s founder, Kenneth lay, expressing her fears that the company would be degraded by the discovery of defective and inaccurate accounting. Further, the drug enforcement administration agent in the United States, Celerino Castillo maintained his loyalty to his assignment to terminate the drug business when he implicated the central intelligence agency of being deceitful in it (Wroge, 2008). Further still, whistleblowers often speak truth to power. Generally, most individuals have restricted power. Therefore, whistleblowers are very important in keeping organiza...