Whistleblower Retaliation and
Whistleblowers In The News

a 2011 National Business Ethics Survey titled “ Retaliation: When Whistleblowers Become Victims .” The report contains some shocking statistics:

45% of US workers observed wrongdoing;

65% of those who witnessed wrongdoing reported it;

22% of those who reported wrongdoing said they experienced retaliation (an increase of 46% from 2009); and

46% of those who observed wrongdoing but chose not to report it, cited fear of retaliation as the reason

Whistleblowers: risks and skills

"Reprisals against whistleblowers usually involve attacks on reputation, working conditions and employment - physical attacks are relatively rare. But in a few areas, there is a greater risk of assault, frame-ups and imprisonment, including whistleblowing about police corruption, organized crime, military abuses and national security issues."

Example 1:

On 22 July 2005, Charles de Menezes, having just entered a train, was shot in the head seven times by London police. The police claimed he was wearing a bulky coat and had jumped over the ticket barrier and had run to the train. But Lana Vandenberghe knew the police were lying. She worked for the Independent Police Complaints Commission and had access to evidence presented at the commission's inquiry into the shooting. She leaked information to a television journalist - and then was subject to reprisals by the police. In a dawn raid on 21 September 2005, ten police officers broke down her door and arrested her. She was kept in a cell without access to a lawyer for eight hours and threatened by police that she could go to prison. She said: 'It never crossed my mind that I would be treated as if I was a criminal for telling the truth. Unlike the police, I hadn't killed an innocent person' (Sanderson, 2006).

COVID Whistleblowers Are Dropping Like Flies – And Nobody's Allowed To Ask Why

Behind the Blue Wall of Silence: A USA TODAY investigation exposes a culture of retaliation against police whistleblowers

Whistleblower Who Reported Officers' Threats Against Obama Fired By Richmond Police

The Richmond, Va., police officer who reported two of his fellow officers
for allegedly talking about killing the president has been fired from the department , WTVR reports .

The whistleblower confirmed to WTVR on Wednesday that he had been fired
from his job with the Richmond Police Department for speaking to the press
about "a May 5 incident involving the President and the First Lady."

The "May 5 incident" seems to refer to the
president's visit to Virginia Commonwealth University on May 5, 2012 .

Tommy Hook, a whistleblower at Los Alamos National Laboratory, is seen in a Santa Fe, N.M., hospital on Sunday, after being beaten up by a group of men outside a bar, an attack his wife and lawyer believe was designed to keep him quiet. The Associated Press Updated: 9:21 a.m. ET June 7, 2005
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TEACHER: I WAS FIRED FOR REPORTING KID'S 'HIT LIST'

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Kentucky Supreme Court: Whistle-blowers win mixed court victory

USA Today: Many Whistle Blowers Lack Protection

Washington Post:
Justice Department Opposition Holds Up Whistle-Blower Measures

On February 8, 2017, Fox News reported on the status of reform
at the Phoenix, AZ VA Hospital in response to previous whistle blower reports.
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TEACHER: I WAS FIRED FOR REPORTING KID'S 'HIT LIST'