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I mean, in the case of the whistleblower, I'm not sure what you do in this case if you're them aside from this. Which is why there should be a law against this
by make3 9y ago
I mean, in the case of the whistleblower, I'm not sure what you do in this case if you're them aside from this.
Which is why there should be a law against this type of behavior. There probably is; I'm a programmer, not a lawyer
- Tyrek 9y agoIn which case you can litigate. If it's baseless, the litigation should be quick, easy and painless. If it's not, then you have other problems.
- csours 9y agoThere are laws against extortion... the problem is, if you go to law enforcement, the item you are being extorted for might become public, even if it is unlawful for it to become public.
- thisisit 9y agoI am sorry but do you mean companies should pay off a whistle-blower rather than say - a. litigate, if the claims are baseless b. In case the claim has substance to try and rectify the issue along with responsible disclosure?
- make3 9y agoif you have reason to think that praying off the guy will work during a huge public image crisis, it would be a very attractive option I'm sure. they should act morally, etc., that's not what I'm saying. I'm trying to extract the raw incentives of the situation
- DonHopkins 9y agoPray away the crime? Sounds like Pence's solution to the Russia scandal.
- woodandsteel 9y agoNo, that would just signal that other employees could earn a huge amount of money by making claims about illegal activity, true or not. I really doubt that any company could be so stupid as to get itself into that sort of situation.
- daveFNbuck 9y agoWhose behavior are you saying should be illegal?
- make3 9y agothe person paying off the whistleblower