Monday, December 7, 2020
EOTO Terms and Concepts: What I Learned
A term that I thought was interesting to hear more about is that of a whistleblower. I am familiar with the term as it is used frequently when discussing politics today. It is common to hear about them in media as it always seems as though people within their own organization. The formal definition is as follows:
A whistleblower is a person, who could be an employee of a company, or a government agency, disclosing information to the public or some higher authority about any wrongdoing, which could be in the form of fraud, corruption, etc.
I also found it interesting to learn that the U.S. Department of Justice specifically the Office of the Inspector General actually offers rights and protections to whistleblowers, and they are taken from the website as follows:
Whistleblower Rights and Protections
Whistleblowers perform an important service for the public and the Department of Justice (DOJ) when they report evidence of wrongdoing. All DOJ employees, contractors, subcontractors, grantees, subgrantees, and personal services contractors are protected from retaliation for making a protected disclosure.
Source:
https://oig.justice.gov/hotline/whistleblower-protection
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