HRM Case study

Variant 1
Yuliia Pekar

1. To what degree can human resource managers aid whistle-blowers?

Whistle-blowers can be aided by the human resource managers for their possible penalties
of blowing the whistle but more importantly they can inform the whistle-blowers about
this Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 Laws for protecting whistle-blowers. HR managers can
build a bridge between the whistle-blowers and the top hierarchy and he can also provide
information about previous whistle-blowers and their consequences.

2. Should whistle-blowers be compensated for “telling” on their bosses and firms?

Yes, I do believe that whistle-blowers should be rewarded for risking their lives, careers
and incomes by lift up their voices against bosses and firm’s corruption. Surely, they
should be compensated for their divine deeds. This compensation can be either intrinsic
reward or extrinsic reward which will not only boost their basic instincts and morale but
also set up an historical example for others to get motivated and to rise above the facts of
wrong doings in the worlds of businesses and governments.

3. Is there a better term for whistle-blower?

A person who is blowing the tiny flute instrument is not a whistle-blower. It rather
represents a person or groups that calls out or reports someone’s else wrong practices.
Today, the term whistle-blower has a mixed meaning. It can have negative undertone in
certain sectors with whistle-blowers being called, among other words, snitch, traitor,
turncoat, and rat or it can have positive connotation with whistle-blowers being called
superman. The most succinct way to term whistle-blowers is either heroes or hooligans
and they are not born, they are made.

4. Should all whistle-blowers be treated as heroes?

Whistle-blowers encourage the behaviour of whistle-blowing the society by simplicity

and transparency. When whistle-blowers blow the whistle, they expose corruption, and
that is always a good thing for society to have. But there are others who want to take the
advantages for being a so called whistle-blowers and that is why I personally do not think
all whistle-blowers should be treated as are our leading actors or our heroes.