How whistle-blowers shape history | Kelly Richmond Pope

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🗓️ 12 October 2018

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Fraud researcher and documentary filmmaker Kelly Richmond Pope shares lessons from some of the most high-profile whistle-blowers of the past, explaining how they've shared information that has shaped society -- and why they need our trust and protection.

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0:00.0	This TED Talk features education innovator and forensic accounting expert Kelly Richmond Pope, recorded live at TEDx-Dapal University 2017.
0:13.0	How many of us have ever seen something thought that we should report it but decided not to?
0:20.0	And not that I need to see a show of hands,
0:22.6	but I'm sure this has happened to someone in this room before.
0:25.6	In fact, when this question was asked to a group of employees,
0:28.6	46% of them responded by saying that they had seen something
0:32.6	and decided not to report it.
0:34.6	So if you raised your hand or quietly raised your hand,
0:36.6	don't feel bad. You're not alone. This message So if you raised your hand or quietly raised your hand, don't feel bad. You're not
0:38.8	alone. This message of if you see something to say something is really all around us. Even when
0:45.5	driving down the highway, you see billboards like this, encouraging us to report crime without
0:50.8	revealing ourselves. But I still feel like a lot of us are really uncomfortable coming forward in the name of the truth.
0:57.0	I'm an accounting professor, and I do fraud research.
0:59.8	And in my class, I encourage my students to come forward with information if they see it.
1:05.1	Or in other words, encouraging my students to become whistleblowers.
1:08.9	But if I'm being completely honest with myself, I am really conflicted with this message that I'm sending to my students to become whistleblowers. But if I'm being completely honest with myself, I am really
1:12.7	conflicted with this message that I'm sending to my students. And here's why. Whistleblowers are under
1:19.5	attack. Headline after headline shows us this. Many people choose not to become whistleblowers due to the fear of retaliation,
1:30.2	from demotions to death threats, to job loss, perpetual job loss. Choosing to become a
1:38.7	whistleblower is an uphill battle. Their loyalty becomes into question, their motives, their trustworthiness. So how can I,
1:47.8	as a professor who really cares about her students, encourage them to become whistleblowers
1:52.5	when I know how the world truly feels about them? So one day I was getting ready for my
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