Standing Up to Power: The Price of Whistleblowing & Conscience-Following

Standing Up to Power: The Price of Whistleblowing & Conscience-Following

ByAnne Zimmerman

Last year, Dawn Wooten, a nurse in Georgia called attention to gynecological abuses of women held in ICE detention. In the US, some whistleblowing is protected and even has a set of processes in place. OSHA has a whistleblower protection program with a web of statutes across industries. Whistleblower laws left Edward Snowden unprotected, arguably…

Value of Analyzing Stakeholders: What is at Stake?

Value of Analyzing Stakeholders: What is at Stake?

ByAnne Zimmerman

Stakeholder analysis is necessary because in bioethics sometimes the voice of the powerful (often Big Science, Tech, and Pharma, or doctors and hospitals) overpowers the voice of the vulnerable yet the vulnerable may be the ones a decision affects more deeply. In my work on parental refusals, I note that the parents live with after-effects…