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James J. Bobreski was working as a contractor at the Blue Plains treatment plant in 1999 when he raised concerns about faulty chlorine gas alarms and the storage of over 100 tons of liquid chlorine unlawfully. Bobreski's disclosures led to the removal of the liquid chlorine from the plant.
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Donna C. Boehme is an internationally recognized authority in the field of organizational governance, compliance and ethics with 20+ years experience designing and managing compliance and ethics solutions. As principal of Compliance Strategists LLC, and Special Advisor to Compliance Systems Legal Group, she advises a wide spectrum of private, public, governmental, academic and non-profit entities located in the US, Europe and worldwide on governance, compliance and ethics. She serves on the respective boards of the RAND Center of Corporate Ethics and Governance, and South Texas College of Law - Corporate Compliance Center, and is Program Director for the Conference Board Council on Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
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David K. Colapinto is a nationally recognized whistleblower advocate, with an expertise in government fraud and qui tam cases, and in the use of the Privacy Act in defending whistleblowers.
Tags: NWC Staff, 16th Amendment, Bill of Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights, Corporate Ethics, Corporate Fraud, Corporate Responsibility, Employee Rights, Crime Lab Misconduct, Environmental Safety, Ethics, False Claims/Qui Tam, FBI Scandals, First Amendment, Forensic Fraud, Freedom of Information Act, Government Ethics, Government Oversight, National Security, Nuclear Safety, Privacy Act, Pro Bono Law, Public Interest Law, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Taxation on Compensatory Damages, Taxpayer Fraud, Terrorism Whistleblowing, Whistleblower Law, Whistleblower Protection, White House Whistleblowing -
Michael D. Kohn is a nationally recognized litigator with a focus on whistleblower protection law and the co-author of The Labor Lawyers Guide to the Rights and Responsibilities of Employee Whistleblowers and Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protections for Corporate Employees.
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Stephen M. Kohn serves as a supervising
attorney for the legal work performed by attorneys associated with the National Whistleblower Legal Defense and Education Fund.
He is the author of The Whistleblower's Handbook: A Step by Step Guide to Doing What's Right and Protecting Yourself (Lyons Press, 2011).
Tags: 16th Amendment, Bill of Rights, Civil Rights, Constitutional Rights, Corporate Ethics, Corporate Fraud, Corporate Responsibility, Employee Rights, Crime Lab Misconduct, Environmental Safety, Ethics, False Claims/Qui Tam, FBI Scandals, First Amendment, Forensic Fraud, Freedom of Information Act, Government Ethics, Government Oversight, National Security, Nuclear Safety, Privacy Act, Pro Bono Law, Public Interest Law, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Taxation on Compensatory Damages, Taxpayer Fraud, Terrorism Whistleblowing, War on Terror Misconduct, Whistleblower Law, Whistleblower Protection, White House Whistleblowing, NWLDEF Staff -
Bunnatine Greenhouse stood alone in opposing the approval of a highly improper muti-billion dollar no bid contract to Halliburton for the reconstruction of Iraq. In retaliation for her courage she was removed from her position as the highest-ranking civilian contracting official at the Army Corps of Engineers. Her case continues.
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Cynthia Cooper and Sherron Watkins exposed corporate misconduct in the infamous Enron and WorldCom scandals paving the way for the enactment of the SOX corporate reform law. In recognition of their whistleblowing, Cooper and Watkins (along with Coleen Rowley) were named Time Persons of the Year in 2002.
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