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- Title
Minimizing Corporate Liability Exposure When the Whistle Blows in the Post Sarbanes-Oxley Era.
- Authors
Steinberg, Marc I.; Kaufman, Seth A.
- Abstract
This article reports that the U.S. Congress chose to provide statutory protection in the whistleblower corporate or securities law context through enactment of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX). Prior to SOX, federal and state statutes existed to protect whistleblowers in specific settings. For example, the False Claims Act provides protection to individuals who report fraudulent activities committed against the federal government. Whistleblower protection provided by the Clean Water Act protects employees who work in the water treatment industry. As another example, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration enforces whistleblower protection provisions under several different statutes associated with worker safety and environmental protection.
- Subjects
UNITED States; WHISTLEBLOWING laws; COMMERCIAL crimes; CORPORATION law; WHITE collar crimes; FEDERAL government; WATER treatment plants; ENVIRONMENTAL protection
- Publication
Journal of Corporation Law, 2005, Vol 30, Issue 3, p445
- ISSN
0360-795X
- Publication type
Article