rate America's internal ethics system. Internal procedures do not seem to generate enough confidence. "Whistle-blowers are often blackballed for not being team players". Despite in-house systems, employees are often not sure where to turn and fear that word of their charges will leak out (Effim 56). In today's business environment, employees have special statues as overseer of business behavior. As whistle-blowers, employees can call their employer to account for a wide range of conduct perceived to be improper such as fraud, waste, misconduct, and other ethical dilemmas that are affecting individuals. It seems that only those individuals with strong ethical commitment come forth despite the fact that they will endure great hardships in their attempt to remove and correct great injustices. The hardships that whistle-blowers endure sometimes results in financial and psychological rewards, the fact remains that most cases are not financially or emotionally justifiable considering the amount of pain and suffering. The increasing number of suits by whistle-blowers is in itself, evidence that something is severely wrong with America's internal ethics system. ...
