The first article is about a wrongful dismissal case that occurred in 2008. This case involved a full service contractor named Paul Blakeslee who worked for a company called; Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure. Blakeslee was overseeing more than 40 representatives dealing with a more than $100 million deal to maintain offices at Fort Richardson and Fort Wainwright in Alaska. When Blakeslee discovered that Shaw's supervisor in Alaska was claiming a third of a private alternative business that leased approximately $2 million in equipment to Shaw, often without accepting any offers from competitors, he chose to write Shaw's CEO a letter in which he reported the activity. “According to the indictment, Blakeslee said the project manager discovered the planned letter Blakeslee was writing to the company's CEO and threatened to fire him” (Lorene Schaefer). The threat occurred on a Friday, and the following Monday Blakeslee found out the company was laying people off, saying the reason was to save money. A week after Blakeslee received the threat of dismissal, "Blakeslee sent an agreed letter to the CEO after I received an email from the organization inviting any representative to report any illegal or unfavorable work existing in the association. Here a selection from testimony that Blakeslee recorded in the resulting complaint, providing further reasoning as to why he wrote the letter: "I wrote my letter dated September 19, 2008 because when I learned that Mr. Lantz owned American Leasing, I immediately believed that his ownership was illegal and constituted a conflict of interest. I formed this opinion in August 2008 after buyer's agent Ron Babbs told me that Lantz owned the company. I started working on my letter in August and sent it on September 19th following edit... in the middle of the paper... for engaging in wrongful acts committed by fellow police officers. When she found out what they were doing, they started a false investigation into her, then fired her for things she didn't do I think both rewards were justified; although I believe Officer Brothers should have received a larger amount because his reputation has been tarnished by the false allegations. To avoid legal problems, human resources in any job should have a worker hotline or other tools available for workers to use to report concerns in the work environment. Workers should not fear retaliation for reporting workplace wrongdoing. It is vital, if not of the utmost importance, to implement a procedure to ensure that complaints are investigated promptly, completely and impartially. Employers should also ensure that, if an employee reports misconduct, they are not retaliated against for doing so..