discharge of an employee may give rise to an action for wrongful discharge under tort theories. E. Exceptions Based on Public Policy-Most often‚ a common law exception to the employment-at-will doctrine is made on the basis of public policy. F. Whistleblowing-occurs when an employee tells government authorities‚ upper-level managers‚ or the media that her or his employer is engaged in some unsafe or illegal activity. 2.) Wrongful Discharge A. Whenever an employer discharges an employee in violation
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I still living. I will do my best not to intentionally harm others. If there comes a time where I do harm someone‚ I will do my best to reverse the damage‚ or to make retributions. “If you think education is expensive‚ try ignorance.” Derek Bok Throughout history‚ higher education was looked at as something for the elite‚ the intellectuals and the wealthy while the average person usually learned a trade. Although a higher education wasn’t a requirement‚ in order to live decently one still
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* Ellen started a blog to protest the CEO’s bonus‚ noting that no one below director has gotten a raise in two (2) years and portraying her bosses as “know-nothings” and “out-of-touch”. Ellen started a blog to protest the CEO’s bonus. The employer would need to make sure that Ellen’s post had not been commented on by other employees who were in agreement with her. The company should also look to its’ social media policy if it has one. The employer could be covered if the policy states that employees
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INFOSYS CASE STUDY Question1: Introduction to the organisation‚ knowledge management needs and focus at infosys 1- Introduction to the organisation Founded in 1981 in India‚ Infosys is an Indian software services company with their headquarters in Bangalore‚ Indian. The organisation now has current revenue of over $ 2.1 billion (case study‚ 2006) and has over 69‚000 employees worldwide. Infosys is one of the leading information technology service companies in India that uses an extensive
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It would be impossible to disagree with the statement that "Chinese kinship is based on male predominance". In fact this statement may even be under-emphasizing the control and absolute power that males wield across all levels of Chinese society. Of course‚ where their power initially comes from though‚ is through the family or termed differently the "jia". It is this extended or ideal family that cultivates the consistent patrilineal form of control/descent and dictates that residence in said
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Introduction The architectural style’s evolution in Malaysia from pre-colonial years through colonial time and later to independence has become one of the great triumph stories for its development in the post-colonial period. Without any doubt‚ the conquerors in the past had apparently exerted their influences on the architectural development. Besides‚ Malaysia is a multi racial country with its population consisting of the predominantly Malay population with the Chinese‚ Indian and other minor
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experience of work in different countries and all this was embedded in( BOK) and every employee had an access to this information through a printed format. As Infosys grew very aggressively in the nineties the number of employees grew so did the culture of internet so they found the need to develop a companywide intranet this gave birth to “Sparsh” through the intranet the staff could easily view the knowledge embedded in the BOK. As time passed Infosys further gave importance to virtual teams ‚e-learning
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References: Bok‚ S. (1981).“Blowing the Whistle”‚ in J. Fleishman (ed)‚ Public Duties: The Moral Obligations of Government Officials‚ Harvard University Press‚ Cambridge CN‚ Davis‚ M. (1989). “Avoiding the Tragedy of Whistle blowing”‚ Business and Professional Ethics
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Story of Steely McBean‚ Whistle Blower Employment Law April 15‚ 2014 By Penelope Brady & Tara According to George Kerevan‚ “Word of the Week” columnist for The Scotsman‚ “The etymological origins of whistle blowing are gloriously obscure.” Yet even without knowing the term’s pedigree‚ we get a vivid picture from the words themselves. Kerevan suggests the obvious one‚ a police officer shrilling on a whistle when he or she catches a crime in progress. Whistle blowing means calling attention
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Dr. Wakefield’s whistleblowing study was heavily discredited and all arguments to have come since the study are similarly flawed and unfounded. The MMR Vaccine is a beneficial form of treatment and any links to autism are unfounded and harmful. Dr. Wakefield was not unreasonably
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