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Whistle Blower Final
Whistle Blower Final
Satyameva Jayate!
Satyendra Dubey
“A man does what he must
inspite of personal
consequences,
inspite of obstacles and
dangers and pressures
That is the basis for all
morality... “
• Born in 1973 in the village of Shahpur in the
Sewan district of Bihar.
• B.Tech from IIT Kanpur in 1990.
• Passed Indian Engineering Service (IES) in
1994 and joined the Ministry of Surface
transport in Delhi.
• Join National Highway Authority of India
(NHAI) in July 2002 as an Assistant Project
Manager at Koderma
• Forced contractor to suspend three
engineers.
• Contracted firm L&T for GQ project
subcontracted work to smaller low technology
group controlled by local mafias.
• NHAI officials showed a great hurry in giving
mobilisation advance to selected contractors for
financial consideration.
• Transferred to Gaya.
• At Gaya he exposed large-scale flouting of
NHAI rules regarding sub-contracting.
• Appointed as Project Director Koderma Project
Implementation Unit (PIU) handling the 5,200-
km stretch at Gaya.
Letter To Prime Minister
• Mobilisation of advances to selected
contractors for financial consideration by
NHAI officials.
• Poor monitoring of the final use of money.
• Sub-contracting by the primary contractors.
"A dream project of unparalleled importance
to the Nation but in reality a great loot of
public money because of very poor
implementation at every state."
Assassinated on November 27, 2003
The Investigation
• CBI finally concluded that it was a case of an
attempted robbery
Current Status
• Supreme Court is currently overlooking
investigations into the corruption charges
initially raised by the Dubey letter.
• Several official have been indicted and a
technical team is overseeing the actual
construction
• Law ministry was about to introduce legislation
to protect whistleblowers.
• Dubey's murder drew several protests in India and
abroad
• S. K. Dubey Foundation for Fight Against
Corruption in India was launched.
• Satyendra K Dubey Memorial Award, to be given
to an IIT alumnus.
• Whistleblower of the year award from the London-
based Index of sensorship.
• Transparency International's Annual integrity
award and the Service Excellence award from the
All India Management Association.
"My conscience is my biggest virtue, my
wealthiest treasure and my best guide
or friend. I always do what my
conscience tells or compels me to do. I
want to keep this candle of humanity
ever glowing in my heart.”
– S K Dubey
Socrates knew that he had done right
and had been treated unfairly by the
court. He then faced an unenviable
choice: to turn down the offer to
escape and face his punishment as a
good citizen, or to leave Athens for
sanctuary elsewhere and continue to
lead his own life with its pleasures
and satisfaction.
• He chose to stay and be executed on
the ground that there are matters
more important than even life itself.
• That which is most worth living for
may also be worth dying for.
• I would rather die after spoken about my
manners than speak in your manners and
live.
• The difficulty is not to avoid death but
avoid un-righteousness for that runs faster
than death.
• Be a good cheer about death, and know
your character, no evil can happen to a
good man.
• The un-examined life is not worth living.
…….. Socrates………….
What is whistle blowing?
• Whistle blowing is the disclosure by
organizational members (former or
current) of illegal, immoral or illegitimate
practices under the control of their
employers, to persons or organizations
that may be able to affect action.
• Making information available to public or
other external authorities.
Kinds of Whistle blowing
• Internal Whistle blowing is made to
someone within the organization.
• Personal Whistle blowing is blowing the
whistle on the offender, here the charge is
not against the organization or system but
against one individual.
• The impersonal, External Whistle Blowing.
There are four factors in process:
• Occurrence of misdeed or illegal activity in orgz
• Perception that either the management can
prevent it or that it has been initiated by
management or certain employees.
• Presence of an individual or group of people
who want some action against the illegal activity.
• Individuals or group expose the problem to the
authorities who can take action.
Perception towards whistleblower
• Those did not blow the whistle feel guilty
of immorality.
• They doubt the loyalty of the whistle
blower to the employer.
• The whistleblower is perceived as a traitor,
as someone who has damage the firm -
the working family to which he/she
belongs.
CRITERIA FOR JUSTIFIABLE
WHISTLEBLOWING:
• The firm through its product or policy will do
serious and considerable harm to the public.
• Once an employee identifies a serious threat
he should report it superior and make his
moral concern known. Unless he or she does
so, the act of Whistle blowing is not
justifiable.
• If superior does nothing effective, the
employee should take the matter up the
managerial ladder.
• Whistleblower must have accessible
documented evidence that would convince
a reasonable, impartial observer.
• The employee must have good reason to
believe that by going public the necessary
changes will be brought about.
• Morally justifiable whistle-blowing are
easier, safer and more efficacious.
Certain issues for whistleblowing
• Violation of any law or regulations, including but not limited to
corruption, bribery, theft, fraud, coercion and willful omission.
• Pass back of Commission/benefit or conflict of interest.
• Procurement frauds.
• Mismanagement, Gross wastage or misappropriation of
company funds/assets.
• Manipulation of Company data/records.
• Stealing cash/company assets; leaking confidential or
proprietary information.
• Unofficial use of Company’s material/human assets.
• Activities violating Company policies including Code of Ethics
and Conduct.
• A substantial and specific danger to public health and safety.
• An abuse of authority.
• An act of discrimination or sexual harassment.
The above list is only illustrative and should not be considered as
exhaustive.
Whistleblowing in East & West
• Whistleblowers are murdered or victimised.