"People want to do the right thing. And if they have the ability to safely and confidentially report, they will," said Stephen Kohn.
| Guest: | Stephen Kohn |
| Title: | Chairman of the board of the National Whistleblower Center |
| Summary: | National Whistleblower Day offers a chance to look at why whistleblower protections remain a bipartisan priority. From financial crime to artificial intelligence, policymakers increasingly depend on insiders to identify problems that regulators may never see from the outside. |
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Interview transcript
Terry Gerton I think you are perfectly suited there at the National Whistleblower Center on National Whistle Blower Day to kind of reset our memories and take us back to the beginning. How did the recognition of National Whistler Blower day start and what does it commemorate?
Stephen Kohn So back in 2010, I was researching for my book, The Whistleblower’s Handbook, a resolution that the Continental Congress had passed that we had dug up for a brief. We were looking for authority. We found this old resolution that no one had ever focused on. It specifically said it’s the duty of every inhabitant of the United States to report...
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