The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases (MindTap Course List)
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ISBN: 9781305967304
Author: Frank B. Cross, Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning
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Chapter 20, Problem 5BCP
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Case summary: Supervisor M asked employee L to call a competitor, act as a potential customer and extract important information. L refused to perform the task and told M that she had conveyed it to the legal department. M wrote negative reviews against L performance as she was unable to get the requested information. L was discharged from her duty.
To find:Whether L can claim for wrongful discharge.
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