Michael Davis | Some Paradoxes of Whistleblowing

question 53

Multiple Choice

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.
-The paradox of ___________, for Davis, shows that the history of whistleblowing virtually rules out the moral justification of whistleblowing.

• A) burden
• B) missing harm
• C) moral wrong
• D) failure

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Definitions:

Group Means

The average values obtained from the data points of each group or category under examination in a study.

Statistical Significance

Indicating that the observed results are unlikely to occur by chance alone, according to a predetermined threshold of probability.

Null Hypothesis

The hypothesis that there is no significant difference between specified populations, any observed difference being due to sampling or experimental error.

Research Hypothesis

A statement predicting a significant relationship between variables that is tested through research.