Research Paper on:
Workplace and Whistle Blowing

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gratification that almost always detrimentally impacts untold numbers of innocent people inadvertently caught up in the unscrupulous events. For some of those who know of these unethical goings-on, the  ability to remain quiet becomes both mentally and emotionally troubling, inasmuch as they fear reprisals if they blow the whistle, as well as for the consequences such immoral actions stand  to reap upon thousands of trusting stakeholders. II. IN SUPPORT OF WHISTLE BLOWING When a situation requires someone to blow the whistle - which is complete separate from muckraking  because whistle blowers have direct ties with the organizations and "disclose wrongdoing for moral reasons" (James, date unknown, p. 315) - it can readily be surmised that the implications of  wrongdoing are quite irrefutable. That the most basic of all business ethics are being cast aside in exchange for personal gain clearly indicates how the few whistle blowers courageous  enough to come forward are intent upon maintaining whatever shred of ethical application remains within the industry. Having too much is still not enough in todays capitalistic American society  where greed is the watchword and ethics have lost any place in a civilized culture. Gordon Gekko, the ruthless, antagonizing business mogul in Hollywoods interpretation of Wall Street, represents  the epitome of complete disregard for contemporary corporate ethics. His callous approach to business precludes any ability to see beyond his overwhelming greed; as such, he instills within his  underlings this same malevolence, a premise one might readily argue quite clearly mirrors the growing trend of unethical practices in corporate America over the past several years.  Why would someone risk physical and emotional well being to blow the whistle? Certainly, there are whistle blowers who sustain detrimental consequences by exposing those