ttention given to the fact that the adequacy of these external pressures is dependent on the internal freedom of those within the organization. Employees are the first to know if something within an organization is not legally or ethically right. Unfortunately, they are also the lasts to speak out about such problems. Nobody wants to be a whistle blower on the company that they are working for. According to Ralph Nader and his colleagues who wrote the book, Business Ethics in America, whistle blowing is, "the problem of the employee who publicly criticizes corporate policies because those policies may be dangerous to other parts of the community" (p.54). What has been learned is the willingness and ability of insiders to blow the whistle is the last line of defense for the ordinary citizen. Every corporation, unions, societies, the government, and the law should all change to allow the protection of the whistle-blower whenever possible. Each corporation should provide an employee bill of rights as well as a system of appeals to guarantee these rights. As a condition of employment, workers at every level should be allowed to voice their concerns about the company's activities or policies. They should also be afforded a fair hearing in order to voice these concerns. They should be allowed to go public with the story when all other internal channels of communication have been exhausted and the problem remains uncorrected (Madsen and Shafritz, 1990). Protecting individual whistle blower is a necessary measure to ensure corporate honesty and ethical behavior. Corporations have proven their unconcern for protecting the environment if it diminishes profit. Therefore, the next area of concern is business ethics as they pertain to the environment. There are many debates about what is being done to protect the environment. Many would argue that not enough has been done to protect it. There has been a heightened sense of ...
