Which of the Following Statements About the Doctrine of Employment

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which of the following statements about the doctrine of employment at will (EAW) is true?

• A)Employment at will holds that employers can fire an employee at any time, but have to provide them with a valid reason.
• B)The freedom to terminate the employer-employee relationship is mutual, both theoretically and practically.
• C)The ethical rationale for EAW has both utilitarian and deontological elements.
• D)Civil rights laws are not an exception to the EAW because it prohibits firing someone on the basis of membership in certain prohibited classes.

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