ORGS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: The Whistleblower, Whistleblower, Insider Trading

• School: York University
• Department: Organization Studies
• Course: ORGS 1000
• Professor: k

Document Summary

We have a moral obligation towards strangers to avoid injuring others and to be truthful and fair. Shaw argues that, when we face moral decisions, we should follow the 2 step process: 1. Identify the relevant obligations, ideals, and effects and then: 2. Try to decide where the emphasis should lie. As well, we can discuss a moral problem with friends to avoid a bias. Whistleblowing refers to an employee"s informing the public about the illegal or. Whistleblowing is justified when: immoral behaviour of an employee or an organization: 1. It is done from an appropriate moral motive. Whistleblowing must be motivated by a desire to expose unnecessary harm, illegal or immoral actions: 2. The whistleblower, except in special circumstances, has exhausted all internal channels for dissent before going public ordered or have occurred. Seek an internal remedy before informing the public of a misdeed: 3. The whistleblower has compelling evidence that wrongful actions have been: 4.