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The Corporate Whistleblower's Survival Guide
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The Corporate Whistleblower's Survival Guide

A Handbook for Committing the Truth

Tom Devine and Tarek F. Maassarani
Berrett-Koehler, 2011

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Editorial Rating

9
getAbstract International Book Award Winner 2011

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Recommendation

Whistleblowers travel a difficult and sometimes dangerous road. In their book, Tom Devine and Tarek F. Maassarani teach you how to report corporate crime and protect yourself in the process. Dr. Jeffrey Wigand – the famous whistleblower whose scientific testimony severely damaged tobacco companies – suggests replacing the term “whistleblower” with “Person of Conscience.” No matter what you call them, whistleblowers often bravely sacrifice their careers, livelihoods, equanimity and sometimes even their physical well-being to reveal private or public malfeasance. While most companies are honest, research shows that half of all employees witness corporate misdeeds. However, 40% do not do anything about what they've learned. This permits miscreants to do tremendous harm to their companies and it deprives law enforcement of its most powerful weapon: "crime reports by individuals." This informative, case-filled book will help would-be whistleblowers who need to learn how to safeguard themselves, and to corporate leaders who should know that “it is bad business to kill or silence the messenger.” 

Take-Aways

  • When corporations engage in serious wrongdoing, intrepid whistleblowers sometimes surface to report their criminal behavior.
  • Whistleblowers render a uniquely valuable service to the general public.
  • However, corporations often try to discredit or even harm those who “blow the whistle.”

About the Authors

Tom Devine is the legal director of the Government Accountability Project and a member of the Freedom of Information Act Hall of Fame. Tarek F. Maassarani is a former Government Accountability Project investigator. He now teaches at the George Washington University.

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