Whistleblowing: How You Can Profit From Doing What Is Right

If more employees of Enron had come forward sooner, investors might not have lost as much as they did. Business environments and politics tend to make employees more timid about reporting illegal activity within the company, but the truth of it is that you may actually come out ahead financially for doing what is right. It may feel like you are splitting loyalties when you blow the whistle on your bosses, but you are saving hundreds, maybe thousands, of consumers who would otherwise feel the ripple effect of illegal activity. Here is how you can benefit while helping others.

Congress Protects and Encourages Whistleblowers

Because unethical and illegal business activity impacts the government and the public in a big way, Congress has enacted several laws which not only protect whistleblowers from loss of employment and threats against your person and property, but also rewards you for doing so. Depending on what you blow the whistle on, your reward could be quite substantial, and by substantial, we are talking millions.Even if you blow the whistle on something small, such as misappropriation of government grants, you could still receive a government award of hundreds of thousands of dollars, and that is nothing to sneeze at.

Whistleblower Lawyers Protect and Defend You Too

When your bosses take action against you because you dare to even bring up the possibility of illegal action under their noses, a business attorney can protect you. More specifically, a whistelblower lawyer addresses the very special circumstances surround cases like yours. It is illegal for your employer to seek retribution against you for doing what is right. The really sad part is, they could fire you under the guise of something totally unrelated in order to cover their tracks, and then you definitely need a lawyer to defend you and protect your rights.

What Your Lawyer Can Do for You

Your lawyer will not only take your case and defend your rights as a whistleblower, but also get you legal compensation for up to two years' salary/wages. He or she can file the necessary paperwork to get you your government reward as promised to anyone who blows the whistle on his or her employer for illegal and unethical business practices. All in all, you could walk away with enough reward money and legal winnings to cover you and your family for a few years, and all because you chose to do the right thing and report the wrongs in your workplace.

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