Whistleblower's Handbook

Whistleblower's Handbook
Author: Stephen M. Kohn
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 355
Release: 2011-03-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0762774797

UPDATED IN MARCH 2013 to include the historic $104-million Bradley Birkenfeld whistleblower case and more! From the nation’s leading whistleblower attorney, comes the third edition of the first-ever consumer guide to whistleblowing. In The Whistleblower’s Handbook, Stephen Martin Kohn explains nearly all federal and state laws regarding whistleblowing. In the step-by-step bulk of the book, he also presents twenty-one rules for whistleblowers.

Committing to Effective Whistleblower Protection

Committing to Effective Whistleblower Protection
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2016-03-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9264252630

Whistleblower protection is vital for: safeguarding public interest; promoting accountability and integrity in public and private institutions; and encouraging reporting of misconduct, fraud and corruption. This report analyses whistleblower protection standards in the public and private sectors.

No One Would Listen

No One Would Listen
Author: Harry Markopolos
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 382
Release: 2011-02-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0470919000

Harry Markopolos and his team of financial sleuths discuss first-hand how they cracked the Madoff Ponzi scheme No One Would Listen is the thrilling story of how the Harry Markopolos, a little-known number cruncher from a Boston equity derivatives firm, and his investigative team uncovered Bernie Madoff's scam years before it made headlines, and how they desperately tried to warn the government, the industry, and the financial press. Page by page, Markopolos details his pursuit of the greatest financial criminal in history, and reveals the massive fraud, governmental incompetence, and criminal collusion that has changed thousands of lives forever-as well as the world's financial system. The only book to tell the story of Madoff's scam and the SEC's failings by those who saw both first hand Describes how Madoff was enabled by investors and fiduciaries alike Discusses how the SEC missed the red flags raised by Markopolos Despite repeated written and verbal warnings to the SEC by Harry Markopolos, Bernie Madoff was allowed to continue his operations. No One Would Listen paints a vivid portrait of Markopolos and his determined team of financial sleuths, and what impact Madoff's scam will have on financial markets and regulation for decades to come.

The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity

The Pursuit of Absolute Integrity
Author: Frank Anechiarico
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1996-12-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780226020518

Using anticorruption efforts in New York City to illustrate their argument, Anechiarico and Jacobs demonstrate the costly inefficiencies of pursuing absolute integrity. By proliferating dysfunctions, constraining decision makers' discretion, shaping priorities, and causing delays, corruption control - no less than corruption itself - has contributed to the contemporary crisis in public administration.

Whistle-Blowing in Organizations

Whistle-Blowing in Organizations
Author: Marcia P. Miceli
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2008-04-03
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 113667571X

This is a research-based book on whistle-blowing in organizations. The three noted authors describe studies on this important topic and the implications of the research and theory for organizational behavior, managerial practice, and public policy. In the past few years there have been critical developments, including corporate scandals, which