When Spooks Whistle
May, 2003
Whistle-Blowers have been in the news lately, especially the brave people who risked their careers to expose corruption at Enron and Worldcom. Many of their stories are public knowledge, proof that capitalism can sometimes regenerate and correct itself under the glare of unwanted publicity.Whether they are personally popular or not, whistle-blowers can be necessary cleansing agents in the sewers of organizational malfeasance. When they are proved right, they should be honored, not despised; prom...