Organizational Behavior As A Whistleblower

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In the postive light the employee is being loyal to the their values and what they companies values maybe, on the other they can be seen as a disloyal snitch. Disloyalty can also arise when the person blows the whistle for profit, such as the example brought up in Organizational Behavior: A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach, “Dodd-Frank legislation and some regulatory agencies provide incentives for whistleblowers. Some can receive up to 30 percent of any settlement, if regulators collect over $1 million due to the infraction. Bradley Birkenfeld, an ex-banker for UBS, was awarded $104 million for exposing how his bank helped US clients hide money in Swiss accounts. Cheryl Eckard was awarded $96 million for revealing manufacturing flaws …show more content…

In the book Organizational Behavior: A Practical, Problem-Solving Approach an example of this would be VP at Chase Bank, Linda Almonte. As a VP at Chase Bank, Linda Almonte and her team were asked to review more than 20,000 past-due credit card accounts before they were sold to another company. “Almonte 's team reported back to her that nearly 60 percent contained some sort of major error, including discrepancies about the amount or whether the court had indeed ruled for the bank. Concerned, Almonte went up the chain of command, flagging the errors and encouraging management to halt the sale. Instead, the bank fired Almonte and completed the deal. Nobody would hire her, which ruined her professionally and financially.” (Kinicki & Fugate, 2015) This shows the cost of what can happen to a whistle blower who thought she was doing the right thing for her company. It is truly important that people do not underestimate the likelihood and costs of retaliation. Barbara Ettorre wrote in Whistleblowers: Who’s the Real Bad Guy? “the sad fact is that in today 's supposedly enlightened business world, corporate America continues to treat its whistleblowers poorly. The notion persists that it is disloyal and irresponsible to criticize one 's employer, notwithstanding the fact that the company has done wrong.” (p.

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