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...scene, anointed by circumstance. They were people who did right just by doing their jobs rightly--which means ferociously, with eyes open and with the bravery the rest of us always hope we have and may never know if we do. Their lives may not have been at stake, but Watkins, Rowley and Cooper put pretty much everything else on the line. Their jobs, their health, their privacy, their sanity--they risked all of them to bring us badly needed word of trouble inside crucial institutions. Democratic capitalism requires that people trust in the integrity of public and private institutions...
...what to make of the fact that all are women? There has been talk that their gender is not a coincidence; that women, as outsiders, have less at stake in their organizations and so might be more willing to expose weaknesses. They don't think so. As it happens, studies show that women are a bit less likely than men to be whistle-blowers. And a point worth mentioning--two out of the three hate the term whistle-blower. Too much like "tattletale," says Cooper. But if the term unnerves Cooper and Rowley, that may be because whistle-blowers...
...force parents to inject healthy children with organisms--some living, some dead--that in a small number of cases will cripple or kill the child. It is an extraordinary violation of the privacy and bodily integrity of the little citizen. Yet it is routine. Why? Because what is at stake is the vulnerability of the entire society to catastrophic epidemic. In that case, individuals must submit...
Nonetheless, it should not be my decision. When what is at stake is the survival of the country, personal and family calculation must yield to national interest. And a population fully protected from smallpox is a supreme national interest...
...RICKE Telecom Titan The new CEO of Deutsche Telekom, Ricke, 41, has swiftly shaken up the debt-burdened telephone giant: he eliminated three board positions and added two division heads to give those closest to the markets more influence. He's also considering reducing DT's stake in T-Mobile USA (formerly VoiceStream) to shift some debt off the balance sheet. Investors hope Ricke can duplicate the magic he performed as DT's wireless boss in Germany, where he recaptured market leadership from Vodaphone...