| Divided Loyalties: Whistle-Blowing at Bart Contributor(s): Anderson, Robert M. (Author), Perrucci, Robert (Author), Schendel, Dan E. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0931682096 ISBN-13: 9780931682094 Publisher: Purdue University Press OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 1980 Annotation: This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare It reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and professional ethics that culminated in an act of whistle-blowing. The incident took place during the final construction phase of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), designed to be America's first attempt at space-age mass transportation. Three BART engineers, convinced of the lack of responsiveness of management to their concerns about the system's safety, were fired for insubordination and other organizational sins. Based upon repeated interviews with the engineers, with BART managers and directors, and with the professional societies involved, as well as upon an extensive body of documents and court depositions, legislative reports, media reports, and institutional memoranda. Divided Loyalties sets a theoretical context for the issues, traces the incident from its beginning, examines the aftermath of the engineers' dismissal, and concludes with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and private organizations, professional associations, agencies of government, and individual professional employees. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Business Ethics - Business & Economics | Organizational Behavior - Political Science | Public Affairs & Administration |
| Dewey: 352.918 |
| LCCN: 79089588 |
| Series: Science and Society; V. 4 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.55" W x 8.54" (1.28 lbs) 410 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study provides a detailed, in-depth analysis of a single incident rooted in the effort of a group of professional employees to serve the public welfare. It reveals in microcosm the interplay of political forces, economic interests, personal ambition, organizational structure, and professional ethics that culminated in an act of whistle-blowing. The incident took place during the final construction phase of the Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART), designed to be America's first attempt at space-age mass transportation. Three BART engineers, convinced of the lack of responsiveness of management to their concerns about the system's safety, were fired for insubordination and other organizational sins. Based upon repeated interviews with the engineers, with BART managers and directors, and with the professional societies involved, as well as upon an extensive body of documents and court depositions, legislative reports, media reports, and institutional memoranda. Divided Loyalties sets a theoretical context for the issues, traces the incident from its beginning, examines the aftermath of the engineers' dismissal, and concludes with a set of recommendations that should be considered by public and private organizations, professional associations, agencies of government, and individual professional employees. |
Contributor Bio(s): Perrucci, Robert: - Robert Perrucci is a professor of sociology at Purdue University.Schendel, Dan E.: - Dan E. Schendel is a professor of management at Purdue University.Trachtman, Leon E.: - Leon E. Trachtman is a professor of communication at Purdue University.Anderson, Robert M.: - Robert M. Anderson, formerly a professor of electrical engineering at Purdue University, is now manager of engineering education and training at the General Electric Company. |