Rosalind Keene
whistleblower lawyer
Steady; protection depends on procedure
The Whistle
A batch of certificates does not add up, and his manager tells him to sign. Owen chooses to report, and learns what legal protection means in practice — and what it does not cover.
Planned · not started yet
Work & careers Ethics & integrity Hard choices Living with uncertainty Workplace Tense Bracing
The premise
A batch of certificates does not add up, and his manager tells him to sign. Owen chooses to report, and learns what legal protection means in practice — and what it does not cover.
The protagonist
Owen Castellane-Murray — Quality inspector at an aircraft-parts supplier in Kansas
The council
Every council member is an original fictional character. None represents, quotes or is endorsed by a real person.
Thomas Ndiaye
compliance officer
By the book; believes in internal channels
Prof. Marguerite Olsen
business ethicist
Probing; asks what silence costs
How the story moves
From discovery through investigation and retaliation to resolution; absorbs the public-sector reporting angle of the former Public Money concept.
What readers take away
- What counts as a protected disclosure
- Internal reporting channels
- Federal aviation whistleblower protections
- Documenting evidence properly
- Retaliation and remedies
- External and regulatory reporting
- Career and personal consequences
- Supporting colleagues who speak up
- Use the aviation regulator’s reporting channels
- Understand time limits for retaliation complaints
- Protect personal data when documenting
- Find peer support for whistleblowers
The books
- 1The certificates Planned
- 2The report Planned
- 3Retaliation Planned
- 4The investigation Planned
- 5After Planned
Book titles are working titles and may change before publication. No book is on sale until the complete series is finished, checked and released.