Organizational Behavior

Lisa Bryant

MT302 Organizational Behavior

Unit Three: Case Incident 2

Whistle Blowers: Saints or Sinners

April 8, 2010

1. Do you believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members, or is it, as David Stetler believes, often a means to extort financial gains from companies?

I believe that whistle-blowing is good for organizations and its members, to an extent. If it is to prevent an unethical action then it is okay. You have to be able to use good ethics and intuition to decide whether whistle-blowing is to prevent someone from a wrongdoing and if by doing so it is for the benefit of the organization and not just because you want to get someone in trouble.

2. How might self-fulfilling prophecy affect a whistle-blower’s search for incriminating evidence against a company?

In the book Miracles it states, "That the Universal Law is impartial and unemotional. It has no way of knowing what you want, or does it discriminate between your hopes and aspirations, likes and dislikes - it is pure energy. It accepts whatever thoughts, feelings, and actions you project and reflects them back to you unemotionally in the form of events that you experience day to day" (Wilde, 1983) p.2.

To make a long definition short, a self-fulfilling prophecy is simply an idea someone gets into his or her head and subconsciously makes it a reality. A "whistle-blower" has the intention to find incriminating evidence, so even if the company is innocent, the whistle-blower may make false assumptions, even subconsciously, in order to incriminate the company, thus creating a self-fulfilling prophecy.

3. When frivolous lawsuits occur, how might these cases affect future whistle-blowers who have a valid legal claim against their company? Would they be more or less likely to come forward? How might their claims be evaluated? What should companies and the government do to prevent frivolous lawsuits?

When frivolous lawsuits occur, it...