Federal legislation allows whistle-blowers to collect money. Federal tax legislation, for example, pays informers a percentage of the money recovered from tax violators. And the 1986 False Claims Amendment Act allows 15 to 25 percent of the recovered money to go to whistle-blowers who report overcharging in federal government contracts to corporations. These sums can be substantial because lawsuits can involve double and triple damages as well as fines. One study revealed the following statistics: Overall, approximately 23 percent of these lawsuits succeed; 80 percent succeed if the federal government joins the case as a plaintiff, 5 percent succeed when the government does not join the case. 9 Discuss the possible benefits and drawbacks of using this approach in engineering and specifically concerning safety matters. Is the added incentive to whistle-blow worth the risk of encouraging self-interested motives in whistle-blowing? Are any potential moral issues raised by anonymous whistle-blowing? Discuss these potential moral issues. 9 a. 0 0 b