Exam 7: Blowing the Whistle

A _____ is an employee who discovers corporate misconduct and chooses to bring it to the attention of others.

If an employee's personal value system prompts him or her to speak up about the misconduct of the organization he or she works for,the employee takes on the role of a whistle-blower.

The federal Civil False Claims Act is also known as "_____ Law."

Which of the following employees is an external whistle-blower?

Compare the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

The _____ Act of 2010 introduced a new reward program for whistle-blowers who report securities law violations to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)or the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).

Under the federal Civil False Claims Act,whistle-blowers who expose fraudulent behavior against the government are entitled to _____ of the amount recovered.

The primary reason for the enactment of the Civil False Claims Act was to:

Which of the following is true of the False Claims Act of 1863?

Prior to 2002,legal protection for whistle-blowers:

It is argued that the actions of whistle-blowers are not always motivated by their integrity,but by money or by their egos.

Which of the following is true of the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989?

Alan,a newly hired employee in charge of tracking his company's inventory,finds that there is a major discrepancy between the expected stock and the actual stock.He discovers that one of the employees in his department is responsible for the misappropriation of this stock and immediately reports his observation to the operations manager.Alan plays the role of an _____ whistle-blower.

Sandra,an executive officer of a company,has collected reports which prove that the CEO has been misappropriating company and investor funds.She takes the matter public and issues a statement against the CEO.Sandra is an _____ whistle-blower.

An _____ whistle-blower is an employee who discovers corporate misconduct and brings it to the attention of his supervisor,who then follows established procedures to address the misconduct within the organization.

In internal whistle-blowing,an employee who discovers corporate misconduct brings it to the attention of:

A qui tam lawsuit is a lawsuit brought on behalf of _____ by a whistle-blower under the False Claims Act of 1863.

A whistle-blower hotline is a telephone line where employees can leave messages to alert the _____ of suspected corporate misconduct without revealing their identity.

Currently,legal protection for whistle-blowers who are federal employees exists only through legislation that encourages the moral behavior of employees who feel compelled to speak out,without offering any safeguards against retaliation aimed at them.

An employee can never benefit from whistle-blowing in the corporate sector.