Michael Davis | Some Paradoxes of Whistleblowing
Davis presents the standard theory of whistleblowing and what constitutes circumstances in which whistleblowing is morally required of an employee. Three paradoxes follow from the standard theory (of burden, of missing harm, of failure), to which Davis responds with a complicity theory that avoids all of them. He uses the example of the Challenger in demonstrating a test of the latter.
-It is important to the complicity theory that the whistleblower be a ___________ member of the organization that is engaged in serious wrongdoing.
A) voluntary
B) involuntary
C) volunteer
D) long-term

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The complicity theory requires that the whistleblower be a voluntary member of the organization, as this implies a level of responsibility and involvement in the wrongdoing.