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Many companies use whistleblower hotlines so that employees can anonymously report misconduct or make complaints.
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Some employees do not like to file complaints because they do not want to be perceived as diming out their coworkers.
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Should employees have ethical obligations to report misconduct by their coworkers? why or why not? so let's look at that term whistleblower.
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So whistleblower, what does it mean to be a whistleblower? so if someone is a whistleblower, it means so that it is a whistleblower.
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Is someone that reports waste, fraud, abuse, corruption, or dangers to public health.
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So dangers to public health and safety.
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And they report these to someone who is in a position to rectify the wrongdoing.
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So should employees have an ethical obligation? so what does it mean to be ethical? so ethics or ethical, it relates to moral principles.
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In other words, it's doing the right thing simply because it is the right thing.
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So i put right in quotes because it is a subjective statement.
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What some people view is moral or ethical or right might differ slightly from what someone else perceives as moral, ethical, or right.
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So it is somewhat subjective.
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However, most of us can agree that there are certain things.
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That are unethical, that there is no doubt about being unethical.
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So should employees have an ethical obligation to report misconduct? so yes, i do believe there should be an ethical obligation for employees to report misconduct.
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Why? because it is the right thing to do simply because it's right.
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It's not about being rewarded because you're doing the right thing.
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It's not about getting something in return or whatever or being punished if you don't.
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It's about doing the right thing simply because it's right.
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So let's look at some examples of this where this is super important...