HonestReview
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I am okay with whistle blowing, but not on everything.
It is kind of a catch 22, cuz what are the right things to rat on.
So people came up with "nobody like a rat"
So if you do it you should probably not tell you did so, and that's probably also why we see whistle blower laws.
Which we Danes will get one more off soon, as it seem like many people in small companies approach their union asking for what to do in regard to their work place swindling with corona aid.
personally i see people that do that as thieves of my money ( tax ) so i would be infuriated, almost as much as with US and what not hedge funds swindling billions of Danish and other country tax payers with fraudulent claims of share sales.
THB on that one i like to send a squad of Danish spacial forces to upper Manhattan and take those SOB's out, like dangle them from the Chrysler building or something.
You raise several different points here:
1. Stealing from the taxpayer / government. This hurts everyone who pays taxes and whistle blowing, while risks retaliation even if laws claim to prevent it, promotes an "honest society". A company stealing money would be deemed unacceptable by most tax paying citizens.
2. Witnessing a crime depends on the crime and severity. If you see someone jaywalking (crossing street illegally) I doubt you're going to rush to the police station and turn over the video. Now if you see someone jaywalking and a car hits the person, you may feel an obligation to be a witness. Especially if the Jaywalker claims he/she was crossing "legally" and the car was at fault. Your video could prove the jaywalker was lying and the driver of the car didn't see or couldn't stop before hitting the person.
3. Police brutality. Say you see a person rob store. The police have a right to arrest him, but not beat, injure, or kill the person. So let's say you have video showing the cops beating up the guy. Sure the person robbed a store, but then you have a moral question. Do you be honest and show the world the cop's wrongdoing or do you tell yourself the "dirt bag" deserved to get his ass kicked....