Whistleblowers: Broken Lives and Organizational Power 9781501712937

In a dark departure from our standard picture of whistleblowers, C. Fred Alford offers a chilling account of the world o

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 9781501712937

Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Don't Just Do It to Save Lives
3. Whistleblowers’ Narratives: Stuck in Static Time
4. Whistleblower Ethics: Narcissism Moralized
5. Implications of Whistleblower Ethics for Ethical Theory
6. Organized Thoughtlessness
7. The Political Theory of Sacrifice
Appendix on Problems of Confidentiality
Notes
References
Index

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b lowers Broken Lives and O rg a n iza tio n a l Pow er

C. Fred Alford Cornell University Press : Ithaca and London

Copyright© 2001 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House,

512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850.

First published 2001 by Cornell University Press First printing, Cornell Paperbacks,

2002

Printed in the United States of America

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Alford, C. Fred. Whistleblowers : broken Jives and organizational power/C. Fred Alford. p.

cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:

978-0-8014-8780-4 (pbk.: alk. paper) 2. Business ethics. 3. Administrative agencies---