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used in 1963 as a part of the publicity on Otto Otopeka (Vinten, 1996). Otto Otopeka gave classified documents regarding security risks in the Presidential administration to the then
chief counsel of the Senate Subcommittee on Internal Security (Vinten, 1996). Otopeka was dismissed from his job by the Secretary of State at the time, Dean Rusk, for conduct
unbecoming an officer (Vinten, 1996). A whistleblower could be interchanged with terms such as conscientious objector, mole or informer, ethical resister, licensed spy or concerned employee. An acceptable definition
of whistleblowing is the unauthorized disclosure of information which an employee has reason to believe provides evidence that there has occurred a contravention of law, rule or regulation, professional statement,
and/or involves mismanagement, corruption, abuse of authority, or presents a danger to the public or to a workers health and safety (Vinten, 1996). WHISTLEBLOWING AND ETHICS IN THE HEALTH CARE
INDUSTRY As the health care industry continues to move toward more managed care and the competition amongst health care organizations intensifies, it is quite possible that there will continue to
be instances of whistleblowing. The need in the health care field to cut costs could also lead to more situations in which whistleblowing will become an issue. If
the health care organization is ethically responsible there should not be any need for whistleblowing (Fletcher et al, 1998). An ethically responsible health care organization would have internal procedures
in place to address staff concerns (Fletcher et al, 1998). Whistleblowing is most usually a moral action of last resort (Fletcher et al 1998). Whistleblowing, under certain circumstances,
is not only appropriate but absolutely necessary. To appropriately be called a whistleblower, the individual must have first utilized, unsuccessfully all appropriate channels that exist within the organization to
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