http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3188024.stm The article selected from BBC News online highlights the issue of Organizational Social Responsibility. Gary Brown of Abbey National acted as a whistleblower - someone within the organization who exposes the wrongdoings of others in order to preserve high ethical standards. Undoubtedly, Gary Brown's boss at Abbey National was working for self-interest in awarding contracts to a firm and paying them well over the norm in spite …showed first 75 words of 325 total…

…showed last 75 words of 325 total…the 'grassing' or 'telling tales' culture. We need to move UK culture to the point where the public will speak out." This article highlights the importance of whistleblowers in organizations who act instinctively and morally to save an organization for a few bad seeds who take actions based on self-interest. Gary Brown also emphasizes the need for the culture in an organization to change so that wrongdoings are not covered up and are spoken against.