In Their Own Words

In Their Own Words — Aaronson

 -- "WHISTLEBLOWERS ACT LIKE A CANARY IN A COALMINE SIGNALING THAT SOMETHING IN THE ORGANIZATION'S PROCESS, PROCEDURES, INPUTS OR OUTPUTS HAS GONE WRONG."

Susan Ariel Aaronson, research professor and cross-disciplinary fellow at the George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs, on the need for the United Nations to embrace whistleblowers.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words — Schruben

-- “We’re just two guys that know the industry well and figured out what was going on.”

Thomas Schruben, consultant in underground storage tank industry, and one of the partners in whistleblower plaintiff American Cost Recovery, which secured settlement valued at $170 million from Shell Oil.   SacBee

In Their Own Words — Hartman

"The carriers promised optimization in order to win these government contracts, which are worth billions of dollars.  But while they were happy to take the government’s money, the carriers simply ignored their commitments to bill using the lowest cost rate plans. The carriers profited and taxpayers paid the price." Constantine Cannon Partner Anne Hayes Hartman commenting on the whistleblower case against...

In Their Own Words — Franklin

-- “As we must account for every idle word, so must we account for every idle silence.”

Benjamin Franklin  

In Their Own Words — Ghandi

-- "An error does not become truth by reason of multiplied propagation, nor does truth become error because nobody sees it."

Gandhi

In Their Own Words — Ceresney

-- "WHISTLEBLOWERS PROVIDE AN INVALUABLE PUBLIC SERVICE, OFTEN AT GREAT PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SACRIFICE AND PERIL. I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE APPRECIATION WE HAVE FOR THE WILLINGNESS OF WHISTLEBLOWERS TO COME FORWARD WITH EVIDENCE OF POTENTIAL SECURITIES LAW VIOLATIONS."

Andrew Ceresney, Director, Division of Enforcement at the SEC, speaking at the sixteenth annual Taxpayers Against Fraud conference.  Click here for...

In Their Own Words — Buddha

-- “There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting.”

Buddha

In Their Own Words — Norberg

--  "WE ARE GETTING INCREDIBLY GOOD TIPS.  THE MORE WE PAY AWARDS, THE MORE WE ENCOURAGE THOSE HIGH QUALITY TIPS TO COME IN THE DOOR."

Jane Norberg, Acting Director of the SEC's Whistleblower Office, on crossing the $100 million mark in SEC whistleblower awards.  Click here for more.

In Their Own Words — Monsanto Whistleblower

-- “THE COMPANY GOT FINED AND SOME MONEY CHANGED HANDS, BUT THAT’S NOT THE ANSWER, MANAGEMENT NOT BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE, THAT STILL BOTHERS ME. I WENT INTO THIS TO GET THAT FIXED, AND THAT DIDN’T GET FIXED.”

The Monsanto whistleblower who recovered $22 million in an SEC enforcement action on Monsanto’s accounting violations commenting on his displeasure at the lack of progress in fixing the root of the...

In Their Own Words -- Cordray

--  “Today's action should serve notice to the entire industry that financial incentive programs, if not monitored carefully, carry serious risks that can have serious legal consequences."

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray commenting on the Wells Fargo unauthorized bank account and product fraud case.  Click here for more.