> Instead they are the subject of prolonged acts of revenge.
Not always:
"Whistleblower awarded $1m in $40m Princess pollution case"
http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/whistlebl...
Not always:
"Whistleblower awarded $1m in $40m Princess pollution case"
http://www.seatrade-cruise.com/news/news-headlines/whistlebl...
That's a pretty high price to pay for just doing your bloody job and society should make sure they get rewarded properly for providing some necessary transparency and safety.
Given all that what should really surprise you is how much integrity these people have, they know that they'll be dealt with unjustly, that their lives and the lives of their dependents will probably be ruined and still they blow that whistle, loud and clear.
We need more of these people, and fewer 'team players'.
Some blunder forth into hell unimaginable, and others create a springloaded safety net before cutting away. It's often difficult to distinguish between the two, since whistle blowing often captures spectacular attention, and even the flame-outs that jump out of the frying pan and into the fire seem inspirational in that sense of a tragic, yet dashing pyrrhic victory.
But seriously, any given whistle blower should consciously attempt to organize a launch pad and a landing zone, even if for a crash landing. For every poorly understood tragedy, we usually get another negative example of "why no one should do such a thing," rather than "what went wrong and how to do it right."