Sherron Watkins, former vice president of corporate development for Enron, is credited with blowing the whistle on the corporate corruption within her company and at accounting firm Arthur Andersen. Although she was not fired in retaliation, she became an outcast, according to Frank Pellegrini, writing in Time magazine.
In another case, in which there was no public scrutiny and litigation is pending, a manager in a Silicon Valley software company who exposed overspending when less expensive competitive bids were available was demoted after reporting the news to his boss. The company's reason: He was a "difficult person to work with." Be careful when you try to "out" a Liar.
SOURCE: "Issues Management, Systems and Rhetoric" by Shannon A. Bowen and Robert L. Heath, Journal of Public Affairs (August 25, 2005)