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Vote Here Now for the 2020 Whistleblower of the Year

Posted 01/8/21

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Whistleblower Insider wants to hear from you on who should be honored as our 2020 Whistleblower of the Year. As in past years, we are especially interested in those individuals who best encapsulate the qualities of the typical whistleblower — courage, strength, integrity, selflessness and a deep concern for public health and safety. You can choose among the candidates listed below, or identify your own candidate....

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dr. Rick Bright

Posted 01/8/21

Scientists within federal agencies don’t normally have to put their jobs and reputation on the line in order to do what until recently we took for granted: that the federal government would take action consistent with the best scientific methods and evidence when the country is faced with a grave and immediate public health threat. But the last four years during the Trump administration have been anything but...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi

Posted 01/8/21

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Despite its dominance as the world’s largest food and beverage company, Nestlé has nonetheless had a staggering number of controversies over its business practices. Child labor, unethical promotion, manipulating uneducated mothers, pollution, price fixing, and mislabeling are just a few of the many issues that have plagued Nestlé over the years. Dr. Yasmine Motajemi importantly has now added food safety and...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dawn Wooten

Posted 01/5/21

Privately run immigration detention facilities have been a stain on our nation’s reputation for years now. The refugees and other immigrants who are detained within their walls suffer family separation, inadequate medical care, lack of basic necessities, inedible food, psychological torture, and even death from easily treatable diseases due to flimsy infection controls. The current pandemic crisis only amplifies...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Sophie Zhang

Posted 01/4/21

Facebook, the world’s largest social media platform, regularly has been criticized for its inaction when it comes to tackling foreign interference and disinformation campaigns. This year, Facebook came under fire yet again when employee Sophie Zhang recounted in a departing memo shared companywide, which later was leaked to the press, that Facebook ignored widespread global political manipulation on its platform and...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Rebekah Jones

Posted 12/28/20

We know her story all too well at this point. Rebekah Jones is the geospatial scientist who designed and managed the COVID-19 tracking dashboard for Florida’s Department of Health. This was the database reporting on the number of coronavirus cases and deaths in Florida. It was a model for other states to follow, widely praised for its clarity and accessibility, and even championed by former White House...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Xavier Justo

Posted 12/18/20

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In 2018, headlines circulated the globe when the election results in Malaysia saw the former Prime Minister Najib Razak’s fall from power, and the investigation into the 1MDB scandal was finally reopened. It is estimated that over $4.5 billion dollars was embezzled from a government-run strategic development fund. Vast sums were borrowed through government bonds and siphoned into bank accounts in the US,...

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Vote Soon for the 2020 Whistleblower of the Year

Posted 12/18/20

Whistleblower Insider wants to hear from you on who should be honored as our 2020 Whistleblower of the Year. As in previous years, we are especially interested in those individuals who best encapsulate the qualities of the typical whistleblower — courage, strength, integrity, selflessness and a deep concern for public health and safety. And please add in the comments section why your candidate is deserving of...

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower of the Year, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

Vote Now for the 2019 Whistleblower of the Year

Posted 01/30/20

Whistleblower Insider wants to hear from you on who should be honored as our 2019 Whistleblower of the Year. As in past years, we are especially interested in those individuals who best encapsulate the qualities of the typical whistleblower — courage, strength, integrity, selflessness and a deep concern for public health and safety. You can choose among the candidates listed below, or identify your own candidate....

Tagged in: Importance of Whistleblowers, Whistleblower Case, Whistleblower Eligibility, Whistleblower of the Year, Whistleblower Spotlight and Interviews,

2018 Whistleblower of the Year Interview Part II — Siobhan O'Connor

Posted 03/27/19

Here is Part II of our interview with Whistleblower Insider’s 2018 Whistleblower of the Year Siobhan O’Connor. Siobhan O’Connor was a devout, lifelong Catholic when she landed her dream job as the executive assistant to Bishop Richard J. Malone of the Diocese of Buffalo. In her own words, she was “overjoyed” to be working for her “beloved Church.” But the job “went from a dream to a nightmare in about...

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2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dr. Rick Bright

2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dr. Yasmine Motarjemi

2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Dawn Wooten

2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Sophie Zhang

2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Rebekah Jones

2020 Whistleblower of the Year Candidate – Xavier Justo

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2018 Whistleblower of the Year Interview Part II — Siobhan O'Connor

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