From Enron to NSA - Notable Whistleblowers Examples Changing History We weren’t able to create a summary for you. Refresh your page to try again. This list of major whistleblowers from various countries. The individuals below brought attention to abuses by the government or large corporations. Many of these whistleblowers were fired from their jobs or prosecuted in the process of shining light on their issue of concern. Enron’s shares dropped drastically from 90 USD to a mere 0.65 USD. Key whistleblowerexamples: Our record-setting cases. The following list highlights the most significant whistleblowerexamples and landmark settlements achieved by Phillips & Cohen, including record amounts recovered under the False Claims Act, with specific wins in healthcare... In Enron's case, that was the firm of Arthur Andersen. Speaking today, Sherron Watkins says that "Enron was able to push Andersen around". Andersen had won lucrative, non-audit consulting work fromEnron, and would not want to jeopardise the relationship by raising the red flag. From the sex-abuse case at Penn State and in the Catholic church to the unethical accounting practices at Enron, top officials sometimes opt to hide and obscure instead of telling the truth. Dubbed the “memo that started it all,” this eye-opening document detonated like a bomb in the often-opaque world of corporate finance, unraveling one of the most spectacular corporate meltdowns in history—the Enron scandal. Context: A Behemoth on Shaky Foundations. The Associated Press’s article “Enronwhistleblower tells of crooked company” (2006), explains that Sherron Watkins was fired for her attempt to bring Enron’s infamous fraud to light.