Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research instances of whistleblowing in publicly traded companies within the last 3 years.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
- Describe the key characteristics of a whistleblower, and briefly summarize one (1) researched instance of whistleblowing in one (1) publicly traded company within the last 3 years. Include the details of the issue that the whistleblower reported and the effect of the whistleblower’s actions on both the whistleblower himself and the company.
- Decide whether or not the whistleblower was justified in reporting the company’s actions. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Examine the extent to which the whistleblower would be protected, or not protected, under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Justify your response either way and explain and identify SOX and its application.
- Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment.
The assignment is required to brief the reading materials(attached).
This is not an essay assignment, however, there is a lot of reading for this assignment.
The reading material includes 7 cases. Please be sure to brief each case.
There are six steps for briefing. Please follow the template.
- Facts: the most relevant legal facts, often called the key facts, are those facts that pose a question about their legal significance because they seem to establish the elements of an applicable rule of law.
- Procedural history: the procedural history of a case identifies which party prevailed at the trial level and which party is appealing now in which appellate court.
- Issue: the issue in controversy is the question presented by the key facts in light apparently applicable rule of law. In order to decide the case, the court must answer the legal question presented by the issue.
- Holding: a holding is the court’s direct response to the issue in contro
Rock-paper-scissors is a simple game played all over the world. No matter which of the three elements you choose in any round—rock, paper, or scissors—one is a clear winner with power over the other two elements. Rock smashes scissors, scissors cut paper, and paper covers rock.
For this courtroom version of rock-paper-scissors, you will be deciding which element wins. Write each of the following five titles on a slip of paper (they are the names of personnel who play important roles in the efficiency of court proceedings):
- Judge
- Lawyer
- Litigant
- Court clerk/manager
- Court administrator
Close your eyes and randomly pick two slips of paper bearing different titles. Based on Chapter 8 of Judicial Process in America, and the “Legal Staff and Court Staff in the United States Judiciary” document from the module resources, consider the powers and duties of each of the two court participants named on the slips of paper
Title: personal perception paper
Write a 700 word paper describing your person perception of policy-making in criminal justice. Identify any assumptions on which your perceptions are based. Answer the following questions:
-how would you describe policy-making?
-how would you describe policy analysis?
-how do your perceptions compare to the definitions in the readings?
-what are 2-3 examples of criminal justice policies?