Incidentally, the Guy who reported the widespread fraud in the Afghanistan election, which was pretty obvious, lost his job too.
Report the truth, loose your job, WTF?
And another thing. In Australia you just could not be sacked for the reason you apparently did, we have protections against Corporate assholes like Mark Hurd here. You should be demanding them too, along with universal health care.

I couldn't agree more.
I would go into my own unique experience but kudos is another thing we're not looking for.
It just feels good to give and not expect anything in return.
I my case it's giving, or attempting to give, people who are close to me, opportunities that they would otherwise not have. These people live in a part of the world where opportunity is scarce.
Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where we define ourselves, not by what (stuff) we have, but by what we can do for others.
Is there a subtle change happening?

Unfortunately thats a cycle that happens all too frequently.
You have to be a complete sycophant to make it to the top of one of these corporations so I guess we shouldnt be surprised when thats how they act.
We can, however, write about it, in blogs, comments and anywhere else we can, in an effort to raise awareness and eventually make them feel some pain.
Check this out The Campaign Against Mark Hurd to see what I mean. Although its a joke, I wish it werent.