Sentences with phrase «whistle blower in»

Sony Pictures Classics have provided us with our very first look at Liam Neeson as Deep Throat, the infamous whistle blower in the first...
The NLC's President promide the Labour will not stop its movement in ensuring that whistle blowers in corruption cases were protected in accordance with the decision of the Federal Executive Council.

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In the age of social media, an employee or customer with a cell phone can be a company whistle - blower, choosing to trigger a media story and investigation.
Weaver, the Berkeley researcher, is skeptical in part because he does not think the Shadow Brokers are behaving like Snowden or a traditional whistle - blower.
In effect, the newspaper's editorial board is arguing that the coverage that won it the Pulitzer also «disrupted lawful intelligence - gathering» and therefore was largely indefensible even by the standards usually applied to whistle blowers.
The nonprofit organization, which uses a commerce - based business model instead of relying on donations, began selling incredibly fashionable metal whistle necklaces to encourage people to become «whistle - blowers for peace» in Congo and raise awareness about the deadly war.
The ex-manager behind the letter, Richard Jacobs, was either a disgruntled employee or a whistle blower who quit because he found Uber's practices objectionable — or something in between.
Armstrong's former teammate, Floyd Landis, originally brought the lawsuit in 2010 under a federal law, the False Claims Act, that lets whistle - blowers pursue fraud cases on behalf of the government, and obtain rewards if successful.
They argue that a provision of the Sarbanes - Oxley Act, passed in 2002 in response to the Enron scandal, protects their whistle - blower activity.
Perry said accounting firms and their employees might be covered by another provision of the law, but not the whistle - blower section in front of the court.
The number of pedophiles in the rcc may not be much different than in the general population, but it appears that the number of priests, or others in authority, that place the safety and future of children above their cult is very low, if not zero, given that not a single «whistle blower» from within the rcc has come forward, to my knowledge.
The Oversight Committee follows a set Terms of Reference in its operation, including reviewing the benchmark and its control framework on a regular basis, the review of any complaints and whistle - blower reports, along with reviewing and endorsing reports from the annual DM audit.
Some, like whistle - blowers in the Pentagon, were summarily dismissed.
Just look at the current financial disclosures and the one in jail is the whistle blower not the guilty.
According to Judith P. Swazey and Stephen R. Scher, «The whistle - blower may be — and within his group usually is — perceived and treated as a Judas Iscariot who has committed a disloyal, indeed treasonable act» (Whistleblowing in Biomedical Research [1982], p. 179) The problem is frequently compounded by a sort of double - agent masquerade: some nay sayers, looking for credentials, claim to be whistleblowers.
On Wednesday, when the Gunners face Chelsea at the Emirates we will have another ref from Manchester in Anthony Taylor, who is thought to be a much more even - handed and careful whistle - blower, and we can happily say that Taylor has only been in charge of one Arsenal game this season in which we easily beat Bournemouth 3 - 0 and we got through the whole 90 minutes without sustaining even one yellow card.
The new feature film Tigers dramatises the story of another whistle blower, a former Nestlé baby milk salesman in Pakistan called Syed Aamir Raza who decided to take on the company with the help of IBFAN.
Baby Milk Action will be there in Nestlé's home country alongside Syed Aamir Raza and another Nestlé whistle blower, Yasmine Motarjemi.
It is based on the experiences of Nestlé whistle blower, Syed Aamir Raza, and the support Baby Milk Action and our partners gave him in taking on Nestlé in Pakistan.
In addition, «Tigers» is hard - hitting and controversial as it shows the reality of life as a whistle blower as well as analysing the actions MNCs and the behaviour of governments, communities and media groups which are often too scared to hold them accountable.
It is a true story of a courageous Pakistani whistle - blower Syed Aamir Raza, who uncovers just how far baby food companies can go in their pursuit of profits.
«You know, you need to deal with it in a more systematic manner and that's why we are putting in place a legislation that protects whistle blowers, because whistle blowers are important,» he said.
«As parliamentarians who often speak to whistle - blowers — from campaigners whose groups have been infiltrated by the police to those exposing corruption in government departments — this judgement is deeply worrying,» Baroness Jones added
«You can call us whistle blowers; we are just giving the President hint that there are some elements within his government who are skimming and meddling in the chieftaincy affairs of the Ga state Traditional Council,» Nii Amugi Tackie - Yarboi said.
References: Link 1: YAShuaib Resigns from FOSSRA... Says Jon Ode Panel Misleading President Buhari Link2: Ekweremadu Not EFCC's Anti-Corruption Ambassador - EFCC Link3: I am not lobbying Anybody - Magu — EFCC Link4: Jon - Ode Arms Panel Member in Scandal: Bugatti, Ferrari, Dollars Recovered Link5: Expose Corruption, Receive 5 % of loot - FG Urges Whistle - blower
Other stops on her whistle - blower tour included a Pennsylvania fracking site, «because Cuomo has taken over a million dollars in pro-fracking money,» Teachout said, and a Manhattan luxury tower built by developer Extell, inventor of the «poor door.»
I may be wrong in assuming that a whistle - blower would have emerged if someone at Ford or GM tried to pull off a cheat like this, but I think there is enough to discuss about legislative incentives for or against whistle - blowing and whether legislation would even be effective, given cultural norms.
Whistle blowers aren't compensated in any meaningful way, they'll likely have to find a new job in a completely different industry and even then their trustworthiness would likely be seen as a liability by any company hiring them.
The head of VW's Engineering and Environmental Office in the US Stuart Johnson has also been identified as a whistle - blower.
Specifically there is no legislation protecting whistle - blowers from retaliation in the EU and Germany as there is in the US, but I don't know how much that would have affected the outcome.
There have been two US employees who have been identified as whistle - blowers for VW in the time since I posted this question.
I agree that counting on whistle - blowers is insufficient, but giving them incentive to do the right thing or protection in doing the right thing would certainly help.
Pat Foye was in fact a whistle - blower — he never stood down and no report was ever prepared or issued.»
At Medgar Evers College Preparatory School in Brooklyn, several anonymous whistle - blowers accused school administrators of pushing for higher scores through a practice city teachers refer to as «scrubbing,» in which scorers reread essays or other open - response questions to search for extra points.
The media, including Foreign Hausa Service radio stations which we learnt President Muhammadu Buhari listen to, expressed their misgivings over the plight of the innocent woman who was victimised for being a whistle - blower in the organisation.
More than half of the new free schools in England did not present the required financial returns to the Education Funding Agency for the year 2011 - 12, and uncovering problems in these schools has so far relied to a great extent on whistle - blowers.
We have put in place a very successful whistle blower programme that is delivering results, and allows those who report illicit activity to receive up to 5 % of any funds that we recover.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, recovered the alleged loot which was in foreign currencies, from Yakubu's guest house situated at Sabon Tasha, Kaduna State, following a tip - off by a whistle - blower.
In a statement by its Press Officer, Manzo Eziekiel, the agency denies ever awarding billion Naira Contract for landscaping and motorpark as being alleged by the false whistle blowers.
For the first time in a long time we whistle blowers are not afraid.
He also backed the Nation al Union of Journalists (NUJ) proposal for a conscience clause in journalists» contracts and the setting up of a whistle - blower line.
There are whistle blowers, if people have anything against people who were PDP and are now in APC they should blow whistle and see whether they won't be investigated.
According to a statement issued by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Sunday in Lagos, said the whistle blower policy is working and has led to the recovery of more looted funds in many currencies.
«If they can pay up to five per cent to whistle blowers to recover money, it means in this case where no money is required or whistleblower required, they will be interested to do justice.
«EFCC (will be) claiming to have received a tip - off from a whistle - blower in your state alerting the agency of a «large huge» amount of money of different currencies in the said apartment belonging to you, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, the Deputy Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a proceed of which is likely to be (considered as) illegally obtained and acquired, which constitute abuse of office and corruption.»
It is also important for the authorities to promote and encourage whistle - blower complaints in the implementation of the scheme.»
According to whistle - blower Chris Wylie, Cambridge Analytica's work in Nigeria included an ad with a montage of violence, including real footage of people being dismembered and burned, from recent history, seeking to create fear of Muslims and intimidate voters.
The National Industrial court sitting in Abuja has ordered the Police Service Commission to immediately recall and reinstate a suspended whistle blower, Mr. Aaron...
The lawyer, who spoke with journalists on the premises of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja on Friday, described as untrue the claim by the acting Chairman of the EFCC, Mr. Ibrahim Magu, that the whistle - blower had been paid.
«She also wishes to commend the whistle - blower policy introduced by the Federal Government in the fight against corruption which policy has resulted in large scale uncovering and recovery of monies and assets.
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