2022 saw highly impactful whistleblower and retaliation events primarily resulting from an active U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, an aggressive approach taken by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, and consequential decisions from federal and state courts around the country.
Here are the Top 10 whistleblowing and retaliation events of 2022.
10. A former Uber executive gave the media a trove of sensitive company files.
On July 11, 2022, The Guardian reported that Mark MacGann, a career lobbyist and former Uber executive, had given the media more than 124,000 company files in an attempt to expose alleged wrongdoing at Uber.
MacGann reportedly showed Guardian reporters two suitcases containing laptops, hard drives, iPhones and bundles of paper — including company presentations, briefing notes, security reports, emails and private messages— and encouraged the Guardian to conduct a global investigation into Uber's alleged conduct.
The leaked files reportedly related to Uber's efforts to expand its business globally to 40 countries between 2013 and 2017.
The Guardian reported that MacGann believed Uber violated laws in dozens of countries and misled the public, foreign governments and officials about the benefits provided to drivers by the company's gig-economy model, as part of an aggressive campaign to expand the company's presence into new markets.
According to MacGann, Uber violated local laws and regulations governing the traditional taxi market,...
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