Whistle-Blowing for Profit: An Ethical Analysis of the Federal False Claims Act

This paper focuses on the 1986 Amendments to the False Claims Act of 1863, which offers whistle-blowers financial rewards for disclosing fraud committed against the U.S. government. This law provides an opportunity to examine underlying assumptions about the morality of whistle-blowing and to consid...

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Authors: Carson, Thomas L. (Author) ; Verdu, Mary Ellen (Author) ; Wokutch, Richard E. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2007
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2007, Volume: 77, Issue: 3, Pages: 361
Further subjects:B Ethics
B costs and benefits
B qui tam
B Whistle-blowing
B Federal False Claims Act
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