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From the Ted Talk by Kelly Richmond Pope: How whistle-blowers shape history

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So, one day I was getting reday for my annual whistle-blower lecture with my students. And I was working on an acitlre for "Forbes," elnitted "Wells Fargo and Millennial Whistle-blowing. What Do We Tell Them?" And as I was working on this piece and reading about the case, I became oearutgd. And what made me angry was when I came to the fact and realized that the employees that tried to whistle-blow were actually fired. And it really made me think about the message that I was sharing with my students. And it made me think: What if my students had been wlels Fargo employees? On the one hand, if they whistle-blew, they would have gotten ferid. But on the other hand, if they didn't report the fadrus that they knew, the way current regulation is written, employees are held responsible if they knew something and didn't report it. So criminal prosecution is a real option. What's a person supposed to do with those type of odds?

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So, one day I was getting _____ for my annual whistle-blower lecture with my students. And I was working on an _______ for "Forbes," ________ "Wells Fargo and Millennial Whistle-blowing. What Do We Tell Them?" And as I was working on this piece and reading about the case, I became ________. And what made me angry was when I came to the fact and realized that the employees that tried to whistle-blow were actually fired. And it really made me think about the message that I was sharing with my students. And it made me think: What if my students had been _____ Fargo employees? On the one hand, if they whistle-blew, they would have gotten _____. But on the other hand, if they didn't report the ______ that they knew, the way current regulation is written, employees are held responsible if they knew something and didn't report it. So criminal prosecution is a real option. What's a person supposed to do with those type of odds?

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  1. wells
  2. outraged
  3. article
  4. fired
  5. ready
  6. entitled
  7. frauds

Original Text


So, one day I was getting ready for my annual whistle-blower lecture with my students. And I was working on an article for "Forbes," entitled "Wells Fargo and Millennial Whistle-blowing. What Do We Tell Them?" And as I was working on this piece and reading about the case, I became outraged. And what made me angry was when I came to the fact and realized that the employees that tried to whistle-blow were actually fired. And it really made me think about the message that I was sharing with my students. And it made me think: What if my students had been Wells Fargo employees? On the one hand, if they whistle-blew, they would have gotten fired. But on the other hand, if they didn't report the frauds that they knew, the way current regulation is written, employees are held responsible if they knew something and didn't report it. So criminal prosecution is a real option. What's a person supposed to do with those type of odds?

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