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Could you provide more info who is Ifeoma and reference to the discussion, so the context of “non-recommending” and “something terrible” is clear. I have no idea.
If you're a person of color it's not worth the damage you'll be doing to your career.
Source: my mum was a whistle-blower in her industry and had to literally change her name plus get into a different industry entirely just to get out of multi-year unemployment.
Different circumstance but i know of a rapist at my company and when I asked my mentor what I should do, he pretty much said to do nothing. Makes sense because of how difficult and usually futile it is to do anything, but it was still a shock
Consult with a lawyer first to protect yourself before going to HR. Lessen learned, get it all in writing. I confronted management at a Fortune 10 company of a female verbally abusive manager, called people names, made people, men and women, so upset they had a nervous breakdown and went out on leave. Most people never came back it was so toxic. I went to coworkers and asked what to do when she started going after me. When she asked my opinion I would tell her I agreed with her 'pet' of the moment. End of story, log all incidents, go to a lawyer BEFORE going to HR.
It's clear that the whistleblower protections have become meaningless in the past few years. There is less legal/financial risk for retribution and legal expenses for whistleblowers are astronomical. Not to mention active blackballing in the market against whistleblowers.
I wonder if you are feeling a sense of responsibility to say something irrespective of the backlash that you might get.. in the current climate I recon that we all have a responsibility to say something if we see something that is against our moral values.
That being said, I would (1) gather all evidence of wrongdoing (read: make copies for yourself) (2) understand your companies position to deal with such matters (read: make copies of current policy for whistleblowers) including whether there is an option to report anonymously (3) be prepared to go to court for unlawful discrimination if there is an adverse impact.
I'd want to know how "terrible" is "something"? In some cases you do not have an option to not whistleblow, because you would be breaking the law yourself.
There is multiple reasons why compliance is important. Here are some:
1) it is part of organizations duties to its community and shareholders
2) it builds reliable trust with others
3)builds reputation
4)define organization’s drives and motives
5) driver of change and innovation
In the light of this, yes, it’s important to say something if you are aware of something that may be deemed terrible.
This sounds great on paper and when taking to stakeholders and when doing an internal ethics training. Reality does not match in most cases that I've known of.
The size of the organization determines the impact you will make.