ROUNDTABLE ARCHIVE

2023


11.27.2023

Military Whistleblowing for the Good of the Nation

Military members and veterans can suffer the moral injury of a combat zone but also the conflicts that come from a loss of faith in their leadership to do the right thing. They face other trauma from sexual assault and harassment, bullying, hazing and discrimination within the ranks. The closed military system is the genesis for the “go along to get along” mentality. So how do active duty service members speak out and what whistleblower protections are still needed so that these internal violations and crimes can be prosecuted. 

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Jackie Garrick

Joel Garrison

Denise Krupp

Paul Sullivan

10.24.2023

Surviving Workplace Bullying

The DSM-5 TR has added bullying to its list of traumatic stressors. Bullying is an element of whistleblower retaliation that the mental health profession needs to better understand, especially as it relates to PTSD, depression and suicide.There is new evidence that shows how adult emotional abuse impacts the biology of the brain.  Survivors of a hostile work environment suffer the psychosocial impacts that can have a lifelong debilitating outcome.

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Jackie Garrick

Jennifer Fraser

Nan Cowardin-Lee

Jerry Cabo

06.27.2023

The Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma to the Children of Whistleblowers

When health care providers fail to disclose wrongdoing, patients die or are injured without anyone knowing the cause. Yet, fear of being investigated, loss of credentials, and insurance hikes keep many providers quiet about what they see and hear.  The brave few become whistleblowers but risk everything to do so.  How can healthcare workers improve their agencies and work together to form a circle of support.

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Catherine Phillips

Zachary Noble

Yael Danieli

Jennifer Foster

Dr. Brian Richardson

05.23.2023

Federal Employees: The Unfair Fight Because of Unequal Access to Justice


Federal employees deal with unique rules and regulations when they go to the EEOC, OSC or MSPB.  They are up against the agencies that get Chevron Deference during judicial proceedings and have inside counsel.  They are not concerned about the cost to adjudicate cases or the length of time it takes for a case to conclude, which can be as long as a decade.  Meanwhile the federal employee is out of pocket for legal fees and other court expenses.  Often, they have been terminated, unemployed or under-employed  in an unrelated industry to survive.  What do they need to know to survive and how can they better access justice? 

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Tanya Ward Jordan

Joe Carson

Kristen Ruell

04.25.2023

Whistle-sisters fighting Discrimination, Harrasment, and Retaliation

A hostile work environment not only damages the employee it victimizes but transcends organizational culture. With years of training in diversity and inclusion in most corporations, it still happens. Women and minorities suffer at greater rates often without compensation or damages to make them whole.  How do we better and more comprehensively evaluate the psychosocial damages caused by retaliation and make whole the person who has suffered because of their disclosures with accountability measures keeping the workplace safer. 

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Karlene Petitt

Marion Venus

Liz Mehan

03.28.2023

Trafficked and Abandoned in 

Child Welfare

Who speaks out for those with no voice in government or with the courts?  When those who protect children are abused themselves for making disclosures how do we then come together and support those employees?  How can someone acting on behalf of others receive enhanced protections? 

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Christian Green

Alicia Tappan

Kathryn Xian

02.28.2023

Retaliation in Healthcare

When health care providers fail to disclose wrongdoing, patients die or are injured without anyone knowing the cause. Yet, fear of being investigated, loss of credentials, and insurance hikes keep many providers quiet about what they see and hear.  The brave few become whistleblowers but risk everything to do so.  How can healthcare workers improve their agencies and work together to form a circle of support.

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Kernan Manion

Ekta Srinivasa

01.24.2023

Law Enforcement Officers 

Overcoming Obstacles

Breaking the Blue Wall of Silence has been deadly for some and life-altering for others while crimes go under-reported or covered up in an area of growing police suspicions. How can law enforcement officers help each other heal and address major issues in their profession and live healthy, safe lives. 

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Mike Zummer

Bobby Ledogar

Tim Petoskey