Corporate Whistleblower: "Famous Corporate Whistleblowers
Most Americans are familiar with a few famous whistleblowers, even if they can't give the name of the particular whistleblowers. Typical examples could be described as 'the guy who blew the whistle on the tobacco companies,' 'the woman who blew the whistle on the nuclear plant where she was working (and maybe got killed for doing so),' and 'the accountant who blew open the fraud at Enron.'
This recognition of corporate whistleblowers (Jeffrey Wigand, Karen Silkwood, and Sherron Watkins in the above examples) attests to the importance and admiration our society attaches to courageously telling the truth, especially when it puts the individual at risk of retaliation."
