Could you be a whistleblower

hairyslug

Well could you, I ask because today I became one, not like the ones who bring down governments or politicians but in a very minor way I did. Or did i just become a rat?

c_man

Well it depends OP on what exactly it was. But I am going to have to spray-paint "RATS OUT" on your house in the meantime. Just in case.

El Weirdo

Touts will be shat!

NachoBusiness

You're a builder on a scaffolding who just harassed a woman aren't you.

Timberrrrrrrr

Snitches gets the Stitches!

El Guapo!

This kind of whistle blower?

The Backwards Man

Quincy was a good whistleblower, always standing up for the wee man against the might of faceless bureaucracy.

Terry Malloy was driven by guilt and revenge to testify against his former cronies.

Are you a Jack Klugman or a Marlon Brando?

This is the question you have to ask yourself.

jimgoose

See ye, hi! Shut yor fcukan' MOYTH!!

FluffyMcCardy

Depends on your motivation. If it's to do good then you're not a rat!

Someone I worked for was being exposed for sharp practices on a certain radio show. I always thought he had it coming so tipped off the show about someone they might like to talk to who he had messed about. It was radio gold and how I laughed. But I still have a good relationship with him and will work for him again. Which is more than most people he's trampled over. Needed taking down a peg or two. Lesson in humility.

Am I a hypocrite? Maybe. Did I do good? Maybe.

If it was going to stop abuse yes, every other situation I would have to think about it.

King George VI

I could be.

>_>

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OldGoat

The real question is if you are an adult or are you still playing in the school-yard with the school-bully tactic of "Rats get slapped" or whatever the threat is.

The "Don't squeal" attitude has done so much harm in this country. If bankers spoke out then perhaps we would not have had the financial crisis. If church goers spoke out how much pain could we have stopped. If those close to paramilitary factions spoke out how many lives could have been saved.

Turn in the tax dodgers. Turn in the insurance scammers. Turn in the flytippers. KILL 'EM ALL!
/RantyPants

The_Valeyard

Im sure if I had a whistle I could blow it.

Mr. CooL ICE

I did a fire warden course cos it gave me a day off from work. I got a hi vis jacket, a big plastic sign that says "fire warden" and a whistle. I haven't used the whistle once because the fire alarm is so loud that nobody would hear it anyway.

So you answer your question, no.

KomradeBishop

The thread title should be: Could you be a whistleblower and accept the risk of your career/industry-employability being permanently terminated (or even go to prison, as a lot of whistleblowers get threatened with, for either being partially culpable in the activity the whistle is being blown on, or for leaking protected information) - as has been the case for many actual whistleblowers.

If you're going to be a whistleblower, it needs a certain amount of bravery, and preferably the ability to blow the whistle anonymously - although going public is particuarly brave, given the potential consequences.

biko

Yes, if it's the right thing to do.

If you don't the scumbags wins.

Samaris

Yes, I could if I felt strongly that it had to be done. I would probably agonise over it a bit and go through all the potential consequences, but if I had strong reason to believe that people were being harmed over whatever X practice was being..uh..practiced, I'm pretty sure I would do it.

harry Bailey esq

Its better than being a guitar w*nker I suppose..

Fleawuss

No fcuking way. All refs are ****.

DEFTLEFTHAND

I wouldn't rat on friends or family unless I was offered a sweet deal in the Witsec programme.

Fleawuss