Which of the following statements best describes a whistle-blower?
A)An employee is unhappy because his company is downsizing.
B)An employee tells the Consumer Product Safety Commission his company falsified safety reports on a child's car seat.
C)A salesperson for a company finds out that a member of his softball team, who works for another firm, took some paper clips from that firm to use for his personal use and wants to report him.
D)An employee criticizes his employer's finance personnel to his fellow co-workers for picking the wrong stocks in his retirement fund; they lost value last year due to a downturn in the stock market.
E. An employee spends the afternoon at work studying for her test rather than counting inventory as she was supposed to be doing.

Question

Which of the following statements best describes a whistle-blower?
A)An employee is unhappy because his company is downsizing.
B)An employee tells the Consumer Product Safety Commission his company falsified safety reports on a child's car seat.
C)A salesperson for a company finds out that a member of his softball team, who works for another firm, took some paper clips from that firm to use for his personal use and wants to report him.
D)An employee criticizes his employer's finance personnel to his fellow co-workers for picking the wrong stocks in his retirement fund; they lost value last year due to a downturn in the stock market.
E. 	An employee spends the afternoon at work studying for her test rather than counting inventory as she was supposed to be doing.

Quizplus · Accepted Answer

A whistle-blower is someone who exposes wrongdoing within an organization, typically by reporting it to an external authority or the public. Option B describes an employee who informs the Consumer Product Safety Commission about his company's falsification of safety reports, which falls under the definition of whistle-blowing. The other options describe employees who are expressing discontent or grievances with their employer, but do not necessarily involve exposing illegal or unethical activities.

Which of the Following Statements Best Describes a Whistle-Blower