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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction: Whistleblowing in Corporate America | |
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| The Need for This Handbook | |
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| A Message to Corporate Leaders | |
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| Deciding to Blow the Whistle | |
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| What Constitutes a Whistleblower Case? | |
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| Facing Conflicting Values and Goals | |
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| Whistleblowers at Their Best | |
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| Reality Check for the Aspiring Whistleblower | |
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| Shooting the Messenger | |
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| The Personal Price | |
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| The Red Flags | |
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| Targeting Dissenters: Tactics of Retaliation | |
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| Spotlight the Whistleblower, Not the Wrongdoing | |
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| Build a Damaging Record against the Whistleblower | |
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| Threaten Them | |
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| Isolate Them | |
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| Set Them Up for Failure | |
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| Physically Attack Them | |
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| Eliminate Their Jobs | |
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| Paralyze Their Careers | |
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| Blacklist Them | |
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| Neutralizing Dissent: Tactics of Cover-Up | |
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| Gag the Employees | |
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| Study It to Death | |
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| Separate Expertise from Authority | |
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| Institutionalize Conflict of Interest | |
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| Keep Them Ignorant | |
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| Prevent the Development of a Written Record | |
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| Rewrite the Issues | |
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| Scapegoat the Small Fry | |
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| What to Know Before You Blow | |
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| Be Clear about Your Objectives | |
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| Anonymity versus Going Public | |
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| Questions to Help You Decide | |
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| Thirteen Essential Survival Tips | |
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| Maintaining Your Sanity | |
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| Relationships, Relationships, Relationships! | |
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| Building Partnerships | |
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| Gathering More Information | |
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| Corporate Filings | |
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| Other Information in the Public Record | |
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| Freedom of Information Act | |
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| Public Interest Organizations and the Media | |
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| A Note on Defamation | |
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| Public Figures versus Private Citizens | |
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| Truth as an Absolute Defense | |
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| Where to Go When Yon Want to Blow | |
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| Whistle Where You Work: The Corporate Channels | |
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| In-House Disclosure Programs | |
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| Going up the Chain of Command | |
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| Pointers for Taking It up the Chain | |
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| Whistleblowing to Regulators and Law Enforcement | |
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| The Problem of Regulatory Capture | |
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| Pointers for Taking It to an Agency | |
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| Whistleblowing to Congress | |
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| Risks and Rewards of Taking It to Congress | |
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| Pointers for Taking It to Congress | |
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| Blowing the Whistle on Fraud through the Courts | |
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| Origins of the False Claims Act | |
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| How a False Claims Suit Works | |
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| Considerations before Filing a False Claims Suit | |
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| Whistleblowing and the Media | |
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| News Media | |
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| Pointers for Taking It to the News Media | |
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| New and Social Media | |
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| Pointers for Using Social and New Media | |
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| Getting Help in Blowing the Whistle | |
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| Advocacy Partners: A Whistleblower's Best Friend | |
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| Public Interest Organizations | |
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| Employee Organizations | |
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| Employee Support Organizations | |
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| Professional Associations | |
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| Considerations before Working with Advocacy Partners | |
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| Questions to Ask before Taking on an Advocacy Partner | |
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| Whistleblowing on the Web | |
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| WikiLeaks and Similar Sites | |
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| Whistleblowers and Their Lawyers | |
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| Considerations before Selecting a Lawyer | |
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| Pointers for Choosing a Lawyer | |
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| Pointers for Working with Your Lawyer | |
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| Terminating the Attorney-Client Relationship | |
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| Whistleblowing and the Law | |
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| SOX and Federal Whistleblower Statutes: A Mirage of Protection | |
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| Your Rights on Paper | |
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| SOX on Paper | |
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| Your Rights in Reality | |
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| What Went Wrong: OSHA | |
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| What Went Wrong: ARB | |
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| The Times Are They a-Changin'? | |
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| Pointers for Filing a SOX Whistleblower Complaint | |
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| False Claims Act | |
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| State Statutory Protections | |
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| Common-Law Protections | |
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| Corporate Whistleblower Reform | |
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| The Principles of Reform | |
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| Citizen Enforcement Act | |
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| Corporate Policies and Guidelines | |
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| Corporate Whistleblower's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities | |
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| Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
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| Types of Alternative Dispute Resolution | |
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| The Hanford Concerns Council | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Whistleblowey Toolkit | |
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| Filing a Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Complaint | |
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| Sample FOIA Request Letter | |
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| Public Interest Organizations | |
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| Online Resources | |
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| Federal Statutes with Corporate Whistleblower Provisions | |
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| International Ombudsman Association Standards of Practice | |
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| International Best Practices for Whistleblower Policies | |
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| Model Whistleblower Hotline Policy | |
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| Model Citizen Enforcement Act | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Government Accountability Project | |