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Whistle Blower Final
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.”
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
• 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.