Re: Whistleblowing? (was Re: [asa] Hadley files stolen and published on the internet...)

It is certain this was an inside job, thus whistleblowing, not hacking.

John

----- Original Message ----
From: Murray Hogg <muzhogg@netspace.net.au>
To: ASA <asa@calvin.edu>
Sent: Mon, November 23, 2009 3:08:42 PM
Subject: Whistleblowing? (was Re: [asa] Hadley files stolen and published on the internet...)

We interrupt your programming to bring you the following community service announcement...

"Whistleblowing" is when somebody from INSIDE an organization - a person fully appraised of the entire picture - comes out and says "the truth is THIS" and then proceeds to lay bare the questionable behaviours which occur inside an organization.

"Hacking" is when somebody from OUTSIDE an organization - a person not fully appraised of the entire picture - goes in and makes public information which is necessarily divorced from the organizational context.

The "activity" in question can be described using one of these terms, but not both - which might assist in clarifying where the ethical boundary lies.

We apologize for this interruption, and return you to your regular programming...

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Received on Mon Nov 23 15:26:13 2009