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.
