Not once, I felt the need to whistle on a series of facts, procedures and actions occurring with my workplaces, prior or current, to unveil employment discrimination on social protection, workplace preferential rights, false representations, executive misconduct and so on.
Up to date in Romania no state or corporate whistleblower has came up front to divulge any information of which purpose would be protection of rights, be it of any nature, at least the right to be informed.
Whistleblowers according to Wikipedia
Stanley Adams, a former Hoffman – LaRoche’s executive, who discovered evidence of price fixing in 1973. He passed the evidence to the EU, who erroneously leaked Adams' name back to Hoffman-LaRoche. Adams was arrested for industrial espionage by the Swiss government and spent six months in jail. He fought for ten years to clear his name and receive compensation from the EEC.
Marta Andreasen, an Argentine-born Spanish accountant, employed in January 2002 by the EU as Chief Accountant, and notable for raising concerns about fraud potential within EU, neglected by the Commission.
Stephen Bolsin, a consultant anaesthetist at the Bristol Royal Infirmary, identified that too many babies were dying during heart surgery. He spent the next six years confirming the high mortality rates and attempting to improve the service. By doing this Dr Bolsin developed a higher ethical standard in health care.
Invgar Bratt, Bosfor engineer who revealed himself as the anonymous source in the Bosfor Scandal about illegal weapon exports. An act that led to a new law concerning company secrets which commonly is referred to as Lex Bratt.
Gerald W. Brown, a former firestop contractor and consultant, uncovered the Thermo-lag circuit integrity scandal and silicone foam scandals in US and Canadian nuclear power plants, which led to Congressional proceedings as well as Provincial proceedings in Canada.
Paul van Buitenen, who accused E uropean Commission members of corruption which led to resignation of the Santer Comission.
Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the US Public Helth Service, who expose the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment.
Shawn Carpenter, a former member of the technical staff at Sandia laboratories, who discovered that a sophisticated group of hackers were systematically penetrating hundreds of computer networks at major U.S. defense contractors, military installations and government agencies to access sensitive information. After informing his superiors at Sandia, he was directed not to share the information with anyone, because management cared only about Sandia's computers. He, however, went on to voluntarily work with the army and the FBI to address the problem. When Sandia discovered his actions, they terminated his employment and revoked his security clearance. On February 13, 2007, a New Mexico State Court awarded him $4.7 million in damages from Sandia Corporation for firing him. The jury found Sandia Corporation's handling of Mr. Carpenter's firing was "malicious, willful, reckless, wanton, fraudulent, or in bad faith."
Richard Convertino, a former federal prosecutor who obtained the first conviction of a defendant in a terrorism case post-9/11. After Convertino testified before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee in September 2003 about the lack of Bush Administration support of anti-terrorism prosecutions post-9/11, Convertino alleges the Justice Department leaked information and violated a court order to publicly smear him in retaliation for his whistleblowing. Additionally, the Justice Department indicted Convertino for obstruction of justice and lying, which Convertino alleges is further whistleblower retaliation.
Cynthia Cooper of Worldcom, and Sherron Watkins of Eron, who exposed corporate financial scandals, that led to corporates’ bankruptcy.
Collen Rowley the FBI, who later outlined the agency's slow action prior to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
Pascal Diethel and Jean-Charles Rielle, Swiss tobacco control advocates and alumni from the University of Geneva who revealed the secret ties of Ragnar Rylander, professor of environmental health, to the tobacco industry. In a public statement made in 2001, Pascal Diethelm and Jean-Charles Rielle accused Rylander of being "secretly employed by Philip Morris" and qualified of "scientific fraud without precedent" the concealment of his links with the tobacco industry for a period of 30 years, during which he publicly presented himself as an independent scientist, while obeying orders given by Philip Morris executives and lawyers, publishing articles and organizing symposia which denied or trivialized the toxicity of secondhand somke. After a long trial, which went up to the supreme court of Switzerland, all accusations were found to be true.
Satyendra Dubey, who accused employer NHAI of corruption in highway construction projects in India , in letter to Prime Minister Assassinated on November 27, 2003.
Henry Dunant, who in 1859 witnessed in Solferino the fate of wounded soldiers, left unattended after the battle. He first volunteered to assist them and organized medical and voluntary assistance. Later he wrote a report of his experience "Memoir of Solferino" .
Sibel Edmonds, a former FBI translator, was fired in 2002 by the FBI for attempting to report coverups of security issues, potential espionage, and incompetence. She is now founder of the National Security Whistleblowers Coalition (NSWBC) that is looking to lobby congress and help other whistleblowers with legal and other forms of assistance.
Daniel Ellsberg, a former State Department analyst who leaked in 1971, a secret account of the Vietnam War, which revealed endemic practices of deception by previous administrations, and contributed to the erosion of public support for the war.
Marlene Garcia Esperat, a former analytical, for the Philippines Department Agriculture who became a journalist to expose departmental corruption, and was murdered for it in 2005. Her assailants later surrendered to police, and have testified that they were hired by officials in the Department of Agriculture.
W. Mark Felt, an informant (secret until 2005) who in 1972 leaked information about United States President Richard Nixon’s involvement Watergate. The scandal would eventually lead to the resignation of the president, and prison terms for White House Chief of Staff H. R. Haldeman, and presidential adviser John Ehrlichman.
A. Ernest Fitzgerald, a U.S. Department of Defense auditor who was fired in 1973 by President Richard M. Nixon for exposing to Congress the tidal wave of cost overruns associated with Lockheed's C-5A cargo plane. After protracted litigation he was reinstated to the civil service and continued to report cost overruns and military contractor fraud, including discovery in the 1980s that the Air Force was being charged $400 for hammers and $600 for toilet seats. Mr. Fitzgerald retired from the Defense Department in 2006.
David Franklin, a former Parke-Davis, employee who exposed illegal promotion of their epilepsy drug Neurontin for un-approved uses while withholding evidence that the drug was not effective for these conditions. Parke-Davis's new owners Pfizer eventually pleaded guilty and paid criminal and civil fines of $430 million. The case had widespread effects including: establishing a new standards for pharmaceutical marketing practices; broadening the use of the False Claims Act to make fraudulent marketing claims criminal violations; exposing complicity and active participation in fraud by renowned physicians; and demonstrating how medical literature had been systematically adulterated by the pharmaceutical industry and its paid clinical consultants. Under the False Claims Act Dr Franklin receives $24.6m as part of the settlement agreement.
Bunnatine H. GreenHouse, a fomers chief civilian contracting officer of US Army, who exposed illegality in the no-bid contracts for reconstruction in Iraq by a Halliburton subsidiary.
Joanna Gualtieri, a Canadian whistleblower, exposed lavish extravagance in the purchase of accommodation abroad for staff in Foreign Affairs. The Inspector General and Auditor General of Canada later supported her allegations. Gualtieri claimed the Bureau seemed not to care, that her bosses harassed her for raising the concerns and that she was a given dead-end job after coming forward. Ms. Gualtieri sued her former bosses for harassment. This lawsuit has been vigorously defended by government lawyers and has dragged in the courts for over 10 years.
Katrine Guna, former employee of Communication Headquarters of British Intelligence Agency, who in 2003 leaked top-secret information to the press concerning alleged illegal activities by the United States and the United Kingdom in their push for the 2003 Invasion in Iraq.
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