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Research a company where illegal actions (within the last 5 years) caused an employee to whistle blow publicly. What was the situation and who was being harmed? Was the whistle blowing morally justified using the four points of moral justification on page 346? What was the end result of the information going public?
The company in question is Wells Fargo, with an employee whistle blowing publicly on the illegal actions of their employer. The illegal activity was creating up to two million fake accounts over a period of five years. This was done without the knowledge or consent of customers and resulted in them being charged fees for involuntary opened accounts.
This action morally justified according to the four points of moral justification on page 346 as it went against doing harm by fraudulently taking money from innocent people, it promoted individual autonomy by protecting those who had been harmed, and further protected them by attempting to prevent further harm from occurring, and lastly upheld justice for all parties involved (the customers).
The end result of the information going public led to an investigation which implicated senior-level management in perpetrating this massive fraud scheme. The CEO resigned shortly after following the reports becoming public. Numerous other employees were terminated or forced out due to their involvement in this scandal and well as numerous fines imposed upon them for laying false claims about account numbers not backed up with facts ($185 million), as well as firing whistleblowers that came forward with allegations earlier than during the time frame investigated ($5 million).