What is National Whistleblower Day?
On July 30th, the day our Founding Fathers understood the importance of shielding those who witness misconduct when they see it. National Whistleblowers Day is a celebration. The day reminds us to honor and assist those who speak out against fraud, misappropriation, or waste.
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A whistleblower is a person who reports suspicious conduct. These activities may include offences, exploitation, misrepresentations, or other infractions. The activity may be within or outside an organization, whether public or private. Notably, the history of whistleblowers is long and often unsuccessful. Although new legislation now shields whistleblowers from retaliation by their employers (see Gravitt below), whistleblowers nevertheless carry a heavy burden. Usually, court fights follow after they have filed a report.
The day honors events that were put into motion by Lieutenant Richard Marven and midshipman Samuel Shaw in 1777. The event was held in 1777. Marven and Shaw served in the Continental Navy, considered the first whistleblowers in the United States, and considereded the first whistleblowers in the United States, Marven and Shaw served in the Continental Navy. Commodore Esek Hopkins reported assaults against British prisoners. The two men, as well as eight other sailors, reported assaults against British prisoners. As a result of the sailors' reports, the Continental Congress passed the world's first bill shielding whistleblowers.
Mark Felt, one of the United States government's most prominent whistleblowers, was one of the most prominent whistleblowers. He was instrumental in assisting Washington Post reporters Bob Woodard and Carl Bernstein in exposing the Watergate affair for years as Deep Throat.. They investigated wiretapping and stealing related to President Richard Nixon's reelection bid from 1972 to 1974.
