[ClearCase_guy]

whistleblowers who raised concerns faced retaliation

Our laws provide very thorough protection of whistleblowers.
And every whistleblower I have ever heard of has been stomped on very thoroughly.

[Lockbox]

I want to bring up a topic which I have not read nor heard about anyone mentioning. This appears to be the best case to use for the topic. Not only was the fraud, waste and criminal activity massive, but repeatedly numerous whistleblower allegations reported by government insiders to the Governor’s office about the actions.

I believe that elected, appointed and other high level government officials have a Fiduciary Responsibility to the taxpayers. Thus I believe that these government leaders should be held to account for these actions they allowed by not preventing nor stopping.

Note: A Fiduciary Responsibility is the legal and ethical obligation to act in the best interest of another party.

Note, some may say there is no Law or policy covering these leaders’ failures to act. But I would argue that there is an implied duty of good faith and fair dealing when spending tax payers’ funds.

Courts have occasionally recognized that government actors can breach duties analogous to fiduciary duties when they misuse public funds or abuse their office, particularly in corruption cases.

While not quite the same as fiduciary duty, the public trust doctrine is a long-standing legal principle that government officials hold certain resources (and powers) in trust for the public.

Government leaders act as trustees of public resources, and therefore they have fiduciary-like obligations of care, loyalty, and good faith toward taxpayers.

Administrative law does impose duties of reasonableness, good faith, and non-arbitrary decision-making under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA).

When officials ignore credible whistleblower reports or fail to address known fraud, they may violate these standards.

Failure to act on known waste or fraud can trigger inspector general investigations, ethics reviews, and legislative oversight actions.

Failing to act can, in some jurisdictions, be considered:

negligence

dereliction of duty

abuse of office

contributing to fraud by willful blindness

To me, this is the perfect example of a longterm problem with our governmental leaders and needs to be corrected!

[oldtech]

I’m sure the idea here with the whistleblowers is done so they won’t do that again. After that, the criminal activity just keeps on increasing & it seems that happens a lot these days. Punish the innocent so they can overlook the guilty. Well, if all else fails, God will not overlook the guilty & at some point, there WILL be a reckoning

[oldtech]

I’m sure the idea here with the whistleblowers is done so they won’t do that again. After that, the criminal activity just keeps on increasing & it seems that happens a lot these days. Punish the innocent so they can overlook the guilty. Well, if all else fails, God will not overlook the guilty & at some point, there WILL be a reckoning