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CRMJ415Critical Thinking Analysis (45 points)WhistleblowersTCOs:1: Defining deviance, types of deviance4: Criminal behavior8: Organizational devianceCase: UBS Whistleblower: Hero Becomes the VillainIn January 2010, the New York Daily News reported that Bradley Birkenfeld, an American citizen and formerly a banker with the giant Swiss banking corporation UBS AG, is headed to prison to serve a 42-month sentence. Charged in 2008 by the Justice Department with conspiring to help wealthy Americans evade taxes, Birkenfeld pled guilty. Ironically, it was Birkenfeld who alerted U.S. officials in 2007 to the fact that UBS routinely helped Americans hide assets from the IRS and triggered an investigation that revealed the biggest tax evasion scheme in U.S. history.Birkenfeld discovered an internal bank document in 2005 that revealed UBS wasn’t in compliance with U.S. tax laws. He reported his discovery to his supervisors and was then fired. Unable to get a financial settlement for his dismissal from the bank, he eventually voluntarily started talking to the SEC and the IRS about the bank’s efforts to help Americans evade taxes. He provided extensive documentation of UBS’s strategies for avoiding detection of its illegal practices. With Birkenfeld’s assistance, U.S. investigators uncovered $20 billion in taxpayer assets hidden overseas, and federal criminal charges were brought against UBS. UBS pleaded guilty to its role in the tax evasion scheme, paid a $780 million fine, and was forced to reveal the names of 4,450 American clients to the Justice Department—less than 25% of the 19,000 American accounts the bank admitted to keeping secret from U.S. tax officials.Even though, as officials admit, the massive fraud would not have come to light without him, Birkenfeld did not fully disclose his own complicity in the tax evasion scheme when he first contacted American officials. His reward for blowing the whistle was a criminal indictment and nearly 3 years in federal prison. The bank, meanwhile, bought its way out of the scandal, which reached as far as the White House: UBS donated $540,000 to President Obama’s presidential campaign, and Attorney General Eric Holder had to recuse himself from the case because he once served as a lawyer for the Swiss bank. As the Daily News observed, the Birkenfeld case exposed a lot more than just hidden bank accounts.Assignment: Analyze this case using course concepts we have studied so far. Write an essay that answers these three questions: how deviance occurred, what kind(s) of deviance occurred, and at least one theoretical perspective that you think has good explanatory power with respect to this case.If you use the text or external resources remember to use APA citations in the body of your essay and in the corresponding references section at the end of the essay. Reminder: You cannot use Wikipedia or the websites of other universities.Create a Microsoft Word document, using double-spacing, paragraphs, and subheadings for each component.There is no set length for your essay, although 750 words or more will probably be needed to provide sound analysis.Carefully edit your essay for grammar and spelling errors and for presentation style.This assignment is due by 1 minute before midnight on the last Sunday of Week 5. Please submit it through the Week 5 Dropbox.GradingQuality of analysis (use of course concepts and reasoning)35 pointsQuality of editing (APA citations, free from spelling and grammar errors) 6 pointsQuality of presentation (subheadings and paragraphing) 4 pointsTotal points available45 points
Critical Thinking Analysis: Whistleblowers week 5

Critical Thinking Analysis: Whistleblowers week 5

Question # 00473386 Posted By: Usmc3051 Updated on: 01/30/2017 06:54 PM Due on: 02/05/2017
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Critical Thinking Analysis: Whistleblowers

The graded homework for Week 5 is your second critical thinking assignment and relates to deviant behavior in organizations on two levels: deviant behavior by organizational officials or officers and whistleblowing, a response to organizational deviance by an employee. Write an essay that addresses these three points: how deviance occurred, what kind(s) of deviance occurred, and at least one theoretical perspective that you think has good explanatory power with respect to this case. In your essay, use these points as subtopic headings (e.g., How Deviance Occurred, Kinds of Deviance, Theoretical Perspective).

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