Jessica is an employee in a manufacturing plant who works the graveyard shift, midnight to 8 a.m. One night, she saw one of her managers dumping some chemicals down a storm drain in the parking lot. When she confronted him, he said this was standard procedure for some waste materials to avoid other costly disposal measures. When Jessica wrote a letter about it to the local newspaper she was a(n)
a. victim’s advocate.
b. activist.
c. gossip.
d. whistle-blower.
e. disloyal employee.
d. whistle-blower.
A whistle-blower is an employee who reports organizational misconduct to the public, such as health and safety matters, waste, corruption, or overcharging of customers.
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A) $3500 F
B) $13,500 U
C) $11,000 U
D) $12,000 F