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Matt Doeden

Whistle-Blowers

Exposing Crime and Corruption. Empfohlen 13 bis 14 Jahre. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 96 Seiten
ISBN 1467742090
EAN 9781467742092
Veröffentlicht Januar 2015
Verlag/Hersteller Lerner Publishing Group
€ 34,50 inkl. MwSt.
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Beschreibung

Sex abuse. Government spying. Lawlessness in a police force. These aren't the makings for crime novelsthey're real stories uncovered by whistle-blowers with knowledge of deep, dark secrets. Whistle-blowers expose outrages that come to their attention through access to confidential materials or witnessing illicit behavior. Examples range from Edward Snowden, who revealed the breadth of unauthorized US government surveillance around the globe, to Jeffrey Wigand, whomade public the ways in which Big Tobacco was lying about the health risks of smoking and actively looking to make tobacco more addictive. Readers will gather information about the issues, analyze the ethics of blowing the whistle, and draw conclusions to determineis it worth it?

Portrait

Matt Doeden began his career as a sports writer. Since then, he's spent more than a decade writing and editing children's nonfiction. Matt lives in Minnesota with his family.