GMS 802 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: False Claims Act, Qui Tam, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Global Management Studies
• Course: GMS 802
• Professor: Jian Guan

Document Summary

Release of information by member of organization. Evidence of illegal or immoral conduct in the organization: criteria for whistle-blowing. Involves the release of nonpublic information/ new unknown facts. Action by an individual inside an organization. Information must be released outside normal channels of communication. An individual inside an organization exposes wrongdoing to the outside world. External: an employee goes public to inform individuals or groups outside the organization. Internal: an employee informs others within the organization by going outside normal channels of communication. To correct a wrong by bringing about a desired change. A witness to a crime or a reporter. Facts that are already known to the public. Exposing matters of minor importance, such as incompetent management. An employee follows established procedures to report wrongdoing through normal channels of communication. To pass on information about wrongdoing to a supervisor, director, or a third party. The testimony is legally compelled (by a court of law).