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Not necessarily. Google's US-based employees would be protected by Sarbanes-Oxley Act if they did it to report on fraud. But generally, yes. Unless you have a
by lmilcin 6y ago
Not necessarily. Google's US-based employees would be protected by Sarbanes-Oxley Act if they did it to report on fraud.
But generally, yes. Unless you have a truly extraordinary reason you can get easily fired in most companies.
- bpodgursky 6y agoDisclosing documents to a federal investigator (or regulator) is wildly different than sending it to an ex-coworker.
- rsj_hn 6y agoSarbanes Oxley provides protections for reporting accounting fraud against shareholders to the US government. Not for leaking docs to private citizens. https://www.whistleblowers.gov/statutes/sox_amended https://www.whistleblowers.gov/statutes/sox_amended
- lmilcin 6y agoThe parent said: > Releasing even a single internal document without permission is cause for firing, and possible legal action. I can't even fathom this being up for debate. I was referring to "releasing", in general, as it was written in the comment. Obviously the protection is very conditional on how exactly it is done.