The president of a nonprofit foundation who was fired when he told the two brothers who controlled the foundation that he thought they were using it to commit tax fraud is not protected by Missouri’s whistleblower protection rules because he complained to the alleged wrongdoers and not to other parties, the Court of Appeals in Missouri has ruled. The president was hired by the brothers who had created the Land Learning Foundation and operated it in connection with their other farm and outdoor activity enterprises. The president was concerned about the foundation’s receipt of $175,000 in public money for a conservation easement that he thought was a possible tax fraud. When he confronted his...