ENGR 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Whistleblower
Document Summary
Whistle-blowing last resort when all internal avenues exhausted licensing association may mediate mostly illegal activities must be reported if public health and/or welfare is involved. Failure to act may be considered professional misconduct or even complicity. Although whistle-blowing is rare, several associations have defined reporting. Be prepared to offer a solution to the problem. In many cases, this will yield a solution. Key person may not even be aware of the problem. Key person refuses to remedy situation with no valid reason. Must go farther up the chain of management. Activities eventually must be reported to regulatory bodies (e. g. environmental protection agency) Duty of associations is to protect the public. Association investigates, mediates, takes legal action if necessary. Action depends of whether complaint concerns licensed or unlicensed person. Association enforces law by prosecuting offenders in court. Licensed member can be disciplined for professional misconduct. Fines, revocation or suspension of license, restriction of work.
