If the company you work for was breaking various federal laws and you knew about it would you be the whistle blower? If so, you would get lots of media attention and have to testify in front of fedreal grand juries and all of that type of stuff.

If not, you would continue to work there and pretend not to notice the illegal actions and hope that your company does not get shut down.

Or would you just quit, look for a new job and forget about the whole thing?

Which would it be, post your opinions or suggestions.

Ryan

 

Assuming that the area in which the violations are occurring is related to me, I would quit and say screw it. I take care of myself first and foremost, and if it's something that's going to be a pain in the ass, I'd rather just not deal with it altogether.

Of course, before I did that, I'd probably see if I could blackmail someone for some money first.

Now, on the other hand, if the violations had nothing to do with my job, then I'd just stay and continue working, being blissfully blind to what's going on.

All of this assumes that the violations don't involve bodily harm to other people. I'm thinking you mean in terms of financial fraud. If people were being directly physically harmed due to the violations, then yeah, I'd definitely have to speak up then.

 

I would quit if I could find another job, but since it is SOOO hard to find anything remotely close to a decent job these days, I woud play dumb.

 

Companies break federal laws all the time, sometimes they don't even know it. If it's apparent, for the sake of your employment, just wait until you find another job.

 

Depends what company you work for and how large it is. If your company is pretty large and publicly traded, the consequences and likelihood of getting caught is much greater than if you worked at a smaller company.

Also, I personally would not want to be associated with a company blatantly breaking federal laws. I just wouldn't want that shit to haunt me in future endeavors.

 

Now that I think about it, being the whistle blower almost guarantees your job loss. Of course, chances are you quit before you blew the whistle anyways. (Not speaking to anyone, just hypothetical)

 

depends what they are doing to break the law. If its something i think is stupid, i wouldnt care. If they are dumping radioactive waste in elementry school playgrounds, that is a different story... just work for yourself

 

It will affect you and your career long term if you become a whistle blower.

 

If I was working for *cough *cough *GE *cough in the 80's or whenever *cough *cough *GE *cough dumped PCB's into the Hudson river, I think I would blow the whistle (of course I would have to be pretty high up to prove it). But first I would find another company that would take me on, understanding that I was about to get fired for so-and-so reason. If I couldn't find a job, then I would probably blow the whistle anyway....
Destroying the environment is some pretty messed up stuff, you still can't eat the fish from the Hudson, and it was only around 5-10 years ago that they said it was safe to swim with limited exposure.