Month: April 2014

When an employer is doing illegal or dangerous activity, this can have a negative impact on customers and on society at large. This is why speaking up about the wrongdoing is so critical for an employee who discovers it, in Wisconsin or elsewhere. Unfortunately, being...

It may pay to do the right thing, except when the company that is negatively affected by an individual's actions tries to retaliate against that whistleblower in Wisconsin. Making the moral, ethical decision to become a whistleblower when a company is doing wrong may...

People naturally don't like to be betrayed. This is why some companies view a whistleblower as a traitor and as being untrustworthy. However, if a company retaliates against a worker for blowing the whistle on the company's unethical practices, then the employee may...

People naturally think that if they do good deeds, they will be rewarded. Meanwhile, those who do bad deeds should be punished. However, things don't always work like this in Wisconsin. A whistleblower may feel as though he or she is committing a good act in society...

People who choose to speak up about the wrongs they witness at work can get a wide range of nicknames. Sometimes, they're called snoops, and other times, they're labeled as snitches or traitors. However, if a whistleblower voices concerns about unfair and illegal...

Some people have such a strong moral compass that they feel obligated to speak up when they observe a wrong being perpetrated in a Wisconsin workplace. An employer may try to get back at a whistleblower employee, either by trimming his or her salary or even...

A former university employee recently filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the school for which he previously worked. He claimed that his employer terminated him in response to his decision to report misconduct that the president of the institution was accused of...