Government Accountability Project Presents New York Times Best-Selling Author Tom Mueller
Date and Time
Oct 1, 2019 6:00 pm
Location
14th & V
2021 14th St NW, Washington, District of Columbia, 20009
Oct 1, 2019 6:00 pm
14th & V
Join us in the Langston Room of Busboys and Poets for a lively discussion and celebration of the release of Tom Mueller's illuminating new book Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in the Age of Fraud(Penguin/Riverhead Books 2019).
In our present political climate rife with corruption and daily assaults on truth, we need whistleblowers more than ever to shine a light on abuse and misconduct to restore the integrity of our public and private institutions. Yet despite the power of whistleblowers to use truth to promote accountability, prevent or mitigate harm, and protect democracy itself, they still face intimidating social, professional and legal challenges. In Crisis of Conscience, Mueller captures the animating forces behind the whistleblowing instinct and the redeeming value whistleblowers can bring to a flawed and fractured society.
New York Times-bestselling journalist Tom Mueller will be joined by Louis Clark and Tom Devine, the founder/CEO and Legal Director of Government Accountability Project, the leading whistleblower advocacy group which has worked on behalf of more than 8,000 whistleblowers for more than 40 years, many of whom are described in detail in Mueller's new book. They will also be joined by a special guest, Halifax whistle-blower Elin Baklid-Kunz. Together they will discuss the drivers of institutional misconduct, the power of employees of conscience to expose and address wrongdoing, and what we can do as individuals and as a society to protect and value whistleblowers as essential to advancing the public interest.
Books will be available for purchase and signing by the author.
Food & beverages provided but space is limited. Seating is on a first come first serve basis. RSVP and early arrival is encouraged.
