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Would

You

Blow

the

Whistle?

In this week's module, you learned about whistle

-

blowers. A whistle

-

blower

is an individual who releases information (typically confidential) about

actions that are deemed illegal or uneth

ical. For this week's discussion, you

will select one of the scenarios and determine whether you would blow the

whistle.

In your initial post for this week, address the following:

·

State which scenario you selected.

·

Explain what you would do in that situati

on, and provide a rationale for

your decision. You may want to consider:

o

How would you make that kind of decision?

o

How would you follow through with your decision?

o

What is the potential impact of whistle

-

blowing or not whistle

-

blowing?

o

Who would be involve

d?

o

P

rovide a rationale.

Scenario

One:

You work as an IT specialist at a major stock exchange. One of

your colleagues, who also is a childhood friend, works in the accounting

department. Over lunch, your colleague discloses the troubling information

that they have been providing insider informa

tion to clients before it is made

public. Your colleague doesn’t seem to see any issues with this, but you

understand that any time an employee reveals insider information to an

external party, it can create huge losses. Also, there is an organizational

po

licy that requires all employees to refrain from disclosing insider

information until senior leadership deems it ready for public view. Even

though you don’t work in the same department as your colleague, would you

blow the whistle on your colleague and cl

ose friend?

Scenario

Two:

You work for a federal government agency as an information

security analyst. Your job involves carrying out security measures to protect

your agency’s IT systems. After you accepted the position, you signed a

nondisclosure agreeme

nt to keep secret all of the agency’s operations. As

you gain expertise in your job, you begin to question some of the ethics of

Presentation

Would You Blow the Whistle?

In this week's module, you learned about whistle-blowers. A whistle-blower

is an individual who releases information (typically confidential) about

actions that are deemed illegal or unethical. For this week's discussion, you

will select one of the scenarios and determine whether you would blow the

whistle.

In your initial post for this week, address the following:

 State which scenario you selected.

 Explain what you would do in that situation, and provide a rationale for

your decision. You may want to consider:

o How would you make that kind of decision?

o How would you follow through with your decision?

o What is the potential impact of whistle-blowing or not whistle-

blowing?

o Who would be involved?

o Provide a rationale.

Scenario One: You work as an IT specialist at a major stock exchange. One of

your colleagues, who also is a childhood friend, works in the accounting

department. Over lunch, your colleague discloses the troubling information

that they have been providing insider information to clients before it is made

public. Your colleague doesn’t seem to see any issues with this, but you

understand that any time an employee reveals insider information to an

external party, it can create huge losses. Also, there is an organizational

policy that requires all employees to refrain from disclosing insider

information until senior leadership deems it ready for public view. Even

though you don’t work in the same department as your colleague, would you

blow the whistle on your colleague and close friend?

Scenario Two: You work for a federal government agency as an information

security analyst. Your job involves carrying out security measures to protect

your agency’s IT systems. After you accepted the position, you signed a

nondisclosure agreement to keep secret all of the agency’s operations. As

you gain expertise in your job, you begin to question some of the ethics of