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1 online resource (96 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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Introduction: a moral dilemma -- Whistleblowing 101 -- Traitor or hero?: the saga of Edward Snowden -- Exposing big tobacco: Jeffrey Wigand takes on Brown & Williamson -- Corrupt peacekeepers: exposing human trafficking in Bosnia -- Deep Throat: bringing down a president -- A rookie's decision: exposing corruption in law enforcement -- What is enough?: Mike McQueary and the Penn State abuse scandal -- Is it worth it? |
| Summary |
Sex abuse. Government spying on civilians. Lying under oath. These aren't the makings for crime novels'they're real-life stories uncovered by whistle-blowers with knowledge of deep, dark secrets. In one headline-grabbing case, Edward Snowden, an information technology specialist, revealed unauthorized US government surveillance around the globe. In another, Kathryn Bolkovac, a United Nations International Police Force monitor, went public with the involvement of UN peacekeeping forces in sex trafficking in war-torn Bosnia. In the 1990s, Jeffrey Wigand, corporate vice president at cigarette manufacturer Brown & Williamson, went public with a report of the ways in which Big Tobacco was lying about the health risks of smoking. In earlier decades, a whistle-blower known only as Deep Throat helped Washington Post reporters track down a plot to bring down the Democratic Party during a presidential election season'a cover-up that went straight to the White House. What drives whistle-blowers to go public with what they know' Is it ethical to breach confidentiality' What laws protect a whistle-blower' And what about the shattered lives that lie in the wake of exposing crime and corruption' Follow the complex stories behind intricate webs of deceit. Listen to whistle-blowers explain their motives. Then decide for yourself if it's worth it to blow the whistle on crime and corruption. |
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1160 Lexile. |
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Describes what drives some whistle-blowers to publicly release confidential information, and provides case studies of such high-profile whistle-blowers as Edward Snowden, Kathryn Bolkovac, and Jeffrey Wigand. |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 87-88) and index. |
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Blowing the whistle -- Deep Throat: bringing down a president -- Exposing big tobacco: Jeffrey Wigand takes on Brown & Williamson -- Corrupt peacekeepers: exposing human trafficking in Bosnia -- A rookie's decision: exposing corruption in law enforcement -- In the dark shadows of college football: Mike McQueary and the Penn State abuse scandal -- Traitor or hero?: the saga of Edward Snowden. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
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Whistle blowing -- Juvenile literature.
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Corruption -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature.
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Crime prevention -- Juvenile literature.
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Ethics -- Juvenile literature.
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Whistle blowing.
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Corruption -- Prevention.
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Crime prevention.
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Ethics.
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Crime prevention. |
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Ethics. |
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Whistle blowing. |
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Electronic books. |
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Juvenile works.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Doeden, Matt. Whistle-blowers Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2015] 9781467742092 (DLC) 2014011850 (OCoLC)875884419 |
| ISBN |
9781467763127 : $33.32 |
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1467763128 : $33.32 |
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