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Whistleblower complaints against federal contractors can help government agencies drive better deals with those companies—even when the allegations...
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Paper Versus Practice: A Field Investigation of Integrity Hotlines
By: Eugene Soltes
In an effort to motivate firms to more rapidly detect potential misconduct, legislators, regulators, and enforcement agencies incentivize firms to have integrity or “whistleblowing” hotlines. These hotlines provide individuals an opportunity to report alleged...
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Keywords:
Hotlines;
Compliance Programs;
Corporate Misconduct;
Governance Compliance;
Programs;
Performance
Soltes, Eugene. "Paper Versus Practice: A Field Investigation of Integrity Hotlines." Journal of Accounting Research 58, no. 2 (May 2020): 429–472.
- 2019
- Working Paper
Cash-For-Information Whistleblowing Programs: Effects on Whistleblowing and Consequences for Whistleblowers
We examine whistleblowers’ and firms’ behaviors under cash-for-information programs. Using a dataset of allegations filed under the False Claims Act, we find that whistleblowers only report 50% of the cases internally before contacting the authorities, and only 30% of...
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Keywords:
Whistleblowers;
Cash-for-information Schemes;
False Claims Act;
Corporate Misconduct;
Compliance Programs;
Information;
Governance Compliance;
Organizations;
Behavior
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "Cash-For-Information Whistleblowing Programs: Effects on Whistleblowing and Consequences for Whistleblowers." Harvard Business School Working Paper, No. 20-048, February 2020.
- June 2019
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Fraud Allegations and Government Contracting
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
This paper examines whether fraud allegations affect firms’ contracting with the government. Using a dataset of whistleblower allegations brought under the False Claims Act against firms accused of defrauding the government, we find that federal agencies do not reduce...
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Keywords:
whistleblower;
Fraud Allegations;
False Claims Act;
Government Contracting;
Risk Allocation;
Government And Politics;
Contracts;
Crime And Corruption;
Risk And Uncertainty;
Business And Government Relations
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "Fraud Allegations and Government Contracting." Journal of Accounting Research 57, no. 3 (June 2019): 675–719.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corporate Compliance Programs: Establishing a Model for Prosecutors, Courts, and Firms
By: Eugene F. Soltes
When prosecutors, courts, and regulators make charging and sentencing decisions, they must evaluate whether firms have effective compliance programs. Such evaluations are difficult because of the challenges associated with measuring effectiveness. Notably, these...
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Keywords:
Corporate Governance;
Governance Compliance;
Performance Effectiveness;
Performance Evaluation
Soltes, Eugene F. "Evaluating the Effectiveness of Corporate Compliance Programs: Establishing a Model for Prosecutors, Courts, and Firms." NYU Journal of Law & Business 14, no. 3 (Summer 2018): 965–1011.
- April 2018
- Technical Note
Whistleblower Legislation in the Context of Financial Reporting
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
This note provides an overview of U.S. federal legislation relating to whistleblowing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Dodd-Frank (including the Office of the Whistleblower), and the False Claims Act.
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Keywords:
whistleblower;
Sarbanes-oxley;
Dodd-frank;
False Claims Act;
Securities And Exchange Commission;
Government Legislation;
Financial Reporting;
United States
Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "Whistleblower Legislation in the Context of Financial Reporting." Harvard Business School Technical Note 118-090, April 2018.
- April 2018 (Revised December 2019)
- Teaching Note
The Whistleblower at International Game Technology
By: Aiyesha Dey and Jonas Heese
Teaching Note for HBS No. 118-061.
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- April 2018 (Revised December 2018)
- Case
The Whistleblower at International Game Technology
By: Aiyesha Dey, Jonas Heese and James Weber
Robert Mayhem, a senior manager at International Game Technology, had filed a whistleblower report with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging that the company had misstatements in its financial reports. Mayhem’s report involved IGT’s practice of...
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Dey, Aiyesha, Jonas Heese, and James Weber. "The Whistleblower at International Game Technology." Harvard Business School Case 118-061, April 2018. (Revised December 2018.)
- February 2014
- Teaching Note
Olympus (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch and Suraj Srinivasan
As 2012 approached the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in the...
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- October 2012 (Revised July 2013)
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Olympus (A)
By: Jay W. Lorsch, Suraj Srinivasan and Kathleen Durante
As 2012 approached, the woes of the financial crisis seemed to be fading, companies were resuming business as usual, and some of the scrutiny on corporate governance practices began to recede as well. That is until another major financial scandal emerged in Japan in...
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Keywords:
Accounting;
Corporate Governance;
Accounting;
Corporate Governance;
Electronics Industry;
Health Industry;
Japan
Lorsch, Jay W., Suraj Srinivasan, and Kathleen Durante. "Olympus (A) ." Harvard Business School Case 413-040, October 2012. (Revised July 2013.)
- September 2012 (Revised August 2013)
- Background Note
A Brief History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Controversy
By: Sandra J. Sucher and Henry McGee
This history of the U.S. tobacco controversy is a reading for a class on "The Insider," a film about whistleblowing in the U.S. tobacco industry, taught in the course, The Moral Leader.
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Sucher, Sandra J., and Henry McGee. "A Brief History of the U.S. Tobacco Industry Controversy." Harvard Business School Background Note 613-044, September 2012. (Revised August 2013.)
- June 2008 (Revised January 2012)
- Background Note
Solving a Problem or Sounding the Alarm? Guidelines on Blowing the Whistle
By: Lynn S. Paine and Lara Adamsons
Many of us will at some point in our professional lives encounter situations involving what we believe to be wrongful or injurious activities that may cause harm to innocent parties, our company, or the public. It may be necessary to bring the matter to the attention...
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Paine, Lynn S., and Lara Adamsons. "Solving a Problem or Sounding the Alarm? Guidelines on Blowing the Whistle." Harvard Business School Background Note 308-005, June 2008. (Revised January 2012.)
- Forthcoming
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The Effect of Retaliation Costs on Employee Whistleblowing
By: Jonas Heese and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos
We use large increases in unemployment insurance (UI) benefits to study the effects of expected retaliation costs on employee whistleblowing. Increases in UI benefits reduce the costs that arise from a job loss, one of the costliest forms of retaliation. We find that...
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Keywords:
Employee Whistleblowing;
Retaliation Costs;
Labor Unemployment Insurance;
Workplace Safety Inspections
Heese, Jonas, and Gerardo Pérez Cavazos. "The Effect of Retaliation Costs on Employee Whistleblowing." Journal of Accounting & Economics (forthcoming).
- Forthcoming
- Article
The Department of Justice as a Gatekeeper in Whistleblower-Initiated Corporate Fraud Enforcement: Drivers and Consequences
By: Jonas Heese, Ranjani Krishnan and Hari Ramasubramanian
We examine drivers and consequences of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) oversight of whistleblower cases of corporate fraud against the government. We find that the DOJ is more likely to intervene in and conduct longer investigations of cases that have a higher chance...
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Keywords:
Whistleblowing;
Department Of Justice;
Doj Enforcement;
Performance Measures;
False Claims Act;
Crime And Corruption;
Governance Compliance;
Law Enforcement
Heese, Jonas, Ranjani Krishnan, and Hari Ramasubramanian. "The Department of Justice as a Gatekeeper in Whistleblower-Initiated Corporate Fraud Enforcement: Drivers and Consequences." Journal of Accounting & Economics (forthcoming).
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Whistleblower complaints against federal contractors can help government agencies drive better deals with those companies—even when the allegations...