When is National Whistleblower Day?
Sunday July 30thOn July 30th, commemorates the day our Founding Fathers understood the importance of shielding those who witness misconduct when they see it. The day reminds us to respect and help those who speak out about fraud, abuse, or waste.
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A whistleblower is someone who reports suspicious conduct. These include: offences, exploitation, misrepresentations, or other infractions. The activity can be carried out within or outside an organization, whether public or private. Notably, whistleblowers' history is long and often unsuccessful. Although new legislation now shields whistleblowers from retaliation by their employers (see Gravitt below), whistleblowers nevertheless carry a heavy burden.. Legal disputes follow usually after they have filed a report.
The day honors events that were put into motion by Lieutenant Richard Marven and midshipman Samuel Shaw in 1777. Marven and Shaw were among the first whistleblowers in the United States, and considereded the first whistleblowers in the United States, Marven and Shaw served in the Continental Navy. By Commodore Esek Hopkins, the two men and eight other sailors reported assaults against British prisoners. The Continental Congress passed the first bill to shield whistleblowers as a result of the sailors' reports.
Mark Felt, one of the most notable whistleblowers in the US government, was one of the most prominent whistleblowers. He was instrumental in assisting Washington Post reporters Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate affair for years as Deep Throat... They prosecuted wiretapping and stealing relating to President Richard Nixon's reelection bid from 1972 to 1974.
