In Which of the Following Situations, a Court Is Most

question 5

Multiple Choice

In which of the following situations, a court is most likely to refuse to enforce a noncompetition clause?

• A) The clause is not ratified by the employer.
• B) The employment contract which contains the clause is an implied-in-fact contract.
• C) The clause restricts employees from engaging in a "common calling."
• D) The employment contract which contains the clause is a quasi-contract.

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Definitions:

Unconditioned Response

A natural, automatic action or feeling that occurs in response to a stimulus without prior learning or conditioning.

Punisher

An entity or stimulus that decreases the likelihood of a behavior recurring by administering an adverse response or outcome.

Negative Reinforcer

A stimulus whose removal after a behavior increases the likelihood of that behavior occurring again in the future.

Shaping

A technique in behavioral psychology involving the successive reinforcement of behaviors that approximate the desired behavior.