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Above the Law
Twenty years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, corruption and impunity still pervades Russian politics. The series shows how high-ranking Russian officials wield power without fear of consequence in a nation without a durable rule of law.
Tags: Russia; corruption; Soviet Union; civil law; whistle-blow; impunity
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"The nurse as whistle-blower"
Barry Adams became a "poster boy for whistle-blowing" after he filed a formal complaint with the state of Massachusetts regarding nursing care at Youville Hospital in Cambridge. He was fired from his job under the premise of "insubordination," according to the nursing administrator who fired him. His advocacy on the issues of nurse protection and patient care came at an important time for a whistleblower protection bill, which passed the Massachusetts legislature in 1999.
Tags: Barry Adams; nursing; whistleblower; workplace safety; nursing home; hospital; patient; oversight
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How the FBI blew the case
The whistle blowing memo from Collen Rowley is a scathing series of accusations on how the FBI might have prevented or limited the attacks of 9/11.
Tags: terrorism; September 11; 2001; 9/11; Al Queda; FBI; CIA; whistle blower; intelligence
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Columbus Dispatch reveals how officials in both the private and public sectors retaliate against whistle-blowers, and how loopholes in laws designed to stop such retalition are ineffective; looks at cases of whistle-blowing at the Cincinnati Zoo, General Electric and the Zimmer nuclear power plant, Jan. 26, 1992.
Tags: OH Rowland 7 pages
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Can't You Hear the Whistle Blow?
For the past 20 years some railroad companies knew excessive noise on trains and in rail yards was damaging to the hearing of their employees. Doctors warned them and ear protection was available, but some railroad companies and the government failed to protect the health and safety of thousands of people.