Philosophy 2074F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Nancy Fern Olivieri, The Challenger, Edward Snowden
11 Dec 2018
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Whistleblowing - making public matters that organizations have ignored or wish to keep hidden but which constitute a significant moral wrong, such as an immediate danger to the public or other employees. It"s usually done with a view to protect the public from harm or organizational disregards for safety/well- being. Toronto researcher who discovered that apotex was ineffectively treating a fatal blood disorder, and instead was causing liver fibrosis. She would violate confidentiality if she told the patients, but she did: her findings were published, she received awards and is now a prof at uoft. It was the o-ring failure that caused the booster to explode: often, whistleblowing comes with consequences, but people still do it, most likely because of complicity and guilt. Complicity - the state of being involved with and therefore responsible for a moral wrongdoing. Typically they are a member of the organization at fault, so they feel connected.
