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Employers Should Heed Tim Bray’s Message on Whistleblowers Tim Bray resigned his position as Vice President and Senior Engineer at Amazon Web Services because he believed Amazon retaliated against employees who blew the whistle on unsafe working conditions during the pandemic. In a blog post, Bray said that firing whistleblowers is “evidence of a vein of toxicity running through the company culture.” U.S. corporations should heed Bray’s wake-up call and join his pledge to “neither to serve nor drink that poison” of whistleblower retaliation. Until they do, employees who discover misconduct should speak up but should also take measures to protect themselves against retaliation. Whistleblowers are important to organizations’ optimal functioning. Research confirms the common-sense conclusion that employees are best positioned to identify fraud within a company. An analysis of more than 10 years of data revealed that robust whistleblower programs were linked to increased profitably and reduced legal exposure. Despite their value, whistleblowers still routinely face severe consequences for coming forward.