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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by keiferski on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:37AM (#38554957)
I encourage anyone interested in the consequences of whistleblowing to watch The Insider. A truly excellent film about a whistleblower at a tobacco company and the terrible things they did to try and stop him. Russell Crowe, Al Pacino, Bruce McGill, Christopher Plummer, many others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Wigand

Trailer: https://youtu.be/MGOb29aePyc

The best scene: https://youtu.be/gNKmmA6_oTQ

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by LastNevadan on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:04AM (#38555114)
A similar film is Silkwood, which is about the life of Karen Silkwood, who reported concerns about corporate practices related to health and safety in a nuclear facility where she worked. She was severely harassed by her employer and then died in a suspicious car accident.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Silkwood

https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/silkwood

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by softreset on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:09AM (#38555894)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUwvAqLvivU
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by brightball on Thursday December 07, 2023 @07:32AM (#38555639)
Anybody who becomes the target of large orgs is going to have a bad time. Just think about the guy who was falsely accused of being the pipe bomber at the Atlanta Olympics after he saved people.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by hn8305823 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:49AM (#38556213)
> the guy

His name was Richard Jewel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_jewel

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by brightball on Thursday December 07, 2023 @10:12AM (#38557221)
Thanks. Couldn't think of the name.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by brightball on Thursday December 07, 2023 @01:13PM (#38559724)
I was in a hurry.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by em-bee on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:13PM (#38562545)
i don't even think it would have been necessary to name the person. the comment was clear enough.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by dang on Sunday December 10, 2023 @01:05AM (#38589528)
Please don't do this here.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by lynx23 on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:15AM (#38555172)
Thats the movie that prominently features "Amazing Grace", right? I still remember having watched it on public television in the late 80s. But all I really remember from the movie was amazing grace being played after the car crash scene.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by borbulon on Thursday December 07, 2023 @06:48AM (#38555371)
A Michael Mann film, no less! An all-around great piece of cinema.
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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by quartz on Thursday December 07, 2023 @08:54AM (#38556289)
So many good scenes. Personal favorite, grappling with the role of journalism: "What are you?! Are you a businessman or are you a newsman?" Such a powerful question.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pe2vBnfKCC4

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by gruez on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:06AM (#38556465)
>I encourage anyone interested in the consequences of whistleblowing to watch The Insider.

Surely there's better sources to read/watch than a fictional dramatization?

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by keiferski on Thursday December 07, 2023 @09:22AM (#38556618)
Sure, you can read the article it’s based on:

https://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/1996/05/wigand199605

But the film is really, really good and I think the gravity of the situation is more apparent than in the article.

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Re:He blew the whistle on Amazon. He's still paying the price by bin_bash on Saturday December 09, 2023 @10:49PM (#38588871)
watched it based on this suggestion, really enjoyed it!
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