An employee refuses an employer's request to falsify the contents of a report to the EEOC. The employer subsequently discharges the worker for not following orders. In a wrongful discharge suit, the employee would use which of the following exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine?
A)Implied contract
B)Public policy
C)Implied covenant
D)Promissory estoppels
E)Company ethics

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When an employee is terminated because he or she refused to do something illegal, unethical, or unsafe, the employer is said to have violated public policy. This is referred to as wrongful discharge.

An Employee Refuses an Employer's Request to Falsify the Contents