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Compose a tight (three-paragraphs) yet integrated summary of social problems and their connection

to whistleblowing. Define each term - social problem and whistleblowing-twice, offering a

citation for each definition, following this example: (Appadurai, 2009:42). If any of your citations

don't feature a page number, you know there's a serious problem.

• Paragraph 1: Draw upon Tepperman, Curtis and La Touche (2020) to define social problems, and

augment their definition with another offered by a different scholarly source (i.e., a different

sociologist). A scholarly source is a book or journal article, not Wikipedia or a blog.

• Paragraph 2: Draw upon Tepperman, Curtis and La Touche (2020) to define whistleblowing, and

augment that definition with another too, from a different scholarly source.

• Paragraph 3: Finally, identify a recognized whistleblower and briefly overview the circumstances

and outcomes. Tell your reader (Ryan) where you got your information about this whistleblower via

more in-text citations. Conclude your synopsis with a short, general overview of how exactly what

the whistleblower was pointing to constitutes a 'social problem'.

Consider this a 'barebones' essay; underscoring the importance of - when we do write a full essay -

defining our key terms and concepts, and clearly, properly identifying where exactly we found those

definitions. In complementing one formal definition with another, we practice bringing accuracy

and precision to our key concepts, whatever they are, in whatever essay we're writing.