Ebook: Whistleblowers: Incentives, Disincentives, and Protection Strategies

In July 2010, President Obama signed the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that greatly expanded whistleblower bounties in connection with violations of federal securities laws, including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Discussing business protection strategies and best practices in dealing with whistleblowers, Whistleblowers will appeal to board members, executives, corporate compliance personnel, attorneys for whistleblowers and defense attorneys, as well as potential employee whistleblowers.

• Case studies of GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer and other high profile whistleblower incidences
• Examines new Dodd-Frank incentives to whistleblowers
• Recommends best practices for corporations in light of new whistleblowing incentives
• Explores other federal and state statutory incentives to whistleblowing

Timely and comprehensive, Whistleblowers emphasizes the disincentives to whistleblowing, reviewing the academic studies of whistleblowers with the idea of developing best practices in working with whistleblowers.