Haruki's Boss, Gabriel, Tells Him That Because He Has Been

question 22

Essay

Haruki's boss, Gabriel, tells him that because he has been such a valuable employee, he will receive an extra week of vacation. When Haruki decides to schedule the vacation, he reminds Gabriel of his statement. Gabriel says that he has changed his mind and that he really cannot afford to let Haruki have an extra week off. Haruki says that Gabriel has breached the contract he had with him for an extra vacation week. Assuming injustice cannot be established, who is right? Does a valid contract for an extra vacation week exist?

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Definitions:

Encode

The process by which information is transformed into a format that can be stored and later retrieved from memory, crucial in learning and cognition.

Factitious Disorder

A mental disorder wherein individuals deliberately fabricate, exaggerate, or induce symptoms of illness in themselves for the primary motive of assuming the sick role.

Munchhausen's

Also known as Munchausen Syndrome, it is a factitious disorder wherein individuals deliberately produce or exaggerate symptoms of illness in themselves for attention or sympathy.

Dissociative Identity Disorder

A disorder characterized by the presence of two or more distinct personality states or identities in an individual, associated with variations in behavior, memory, perception, and thinking.