The complicity-avoiding view takes you to be obliged to blow the whistle if and only if (l) what you will reveal derives from your work for an organization; (2) you are a voluntary member of that organization; (3) you believe that the organization, though legitimate, is engaged in serious moral wrongdoing; and (4) you believe that your work for that organization will contribute (more or less directly) to the wrong if (but not only if) you do not publicly reveal what you know and your beliefs are true and justified. What sort of case calls the necessity of these criteria in question?
A) A case where the wrongdoing is in another part of the organization or above you
B) A case where the wrongdoing is illegal
C) A case where you have already participated in the wrongdoing yourself
D) A case where your company is about to be bought by another

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A case where the wrongdoing is in another part of the organization or above you calls into question the necessity of the criteria, particularly the aspect of one's work contributing directly to the wrongdoing. This scenario suggests that even if one's direct work does not contribute to the wrongdoing, there may still be an obligation to blow the whistle if one is aware of serious moral wrongdoing within the organization.

The Complicity-Avoiding View Takes You to Be Obliged to Blow