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Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business
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Politics, Ethics and Social Responsibility of Business

by Usha, Bhanu;Krishna, K. V. Murthy
October 2010
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
232 pages
9h 1m
English
Pearson India
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WHISTLE-BLOWING |
and the False Claims Act that was f rst proposed by Abraham Lincoln way back in 1862 to combat fraud by
defence contractors and strengthened in 1986. It is the application of both the Whistleblowers Protection Act and
the False Claims Act that confer protection to US whistle-blowers.
The UK’s Public Interest Disclosure Act of 1998 provides protection to employees in the public, private
and non-prof t sectors. All the f ve states in Australia have whistle-blowers legislation. New Zealand too
has the Protected Disclosures Act 2000 that came into force in 2001. South Africa has followed the UK
example in providing protection to employees of all organisations through its Protected Disclosures Act of
2000.
Whistleblower ...
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