Monday, November 22, 2004

Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protection for Corporate Employees

In Whistleblower Law, D.C. lawyers Stephen Kohn, Michael Kohn, and David Colapinto examine the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), which in part spells out protections for employees who point out corporate misdeeds. One of the goals of this legislation, the authors claim, was to break "the corporate code of silence" that often cloaks corporate shenanigans.

SOX goes beyond simple protections for whistleblowers to incorporate the following four basic provisions: a prohibition against employment discrimination, criminal penalties for those who discriminate against whistleblowers, corporate responsibility to receive whistleblower complaints, and the responsibility of attorneys to report wrongdoing.

The target audience for this book, in addition to employees, includes corporate HR professionals and trainers, legal eagles, and managers.

Whistleblower Law: A Guide to Legal Protection for Corporate Employees

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