Question

Choose the correct answer:

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An employment-at-will relationship:

Lasts for a certain period of time.

Is not a common employment condition.

Have never been legal.

Means that an employee can be fired or quit for any reason or even no reason.

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A personnel manual also known as an employee handbook:

May be a contract in an employment-at-will relationship.

Is an important management tool that helps define the employer and employee relationship.

Can protect both the employer and employee by eliminating any issues related to the agreement between the employer and employee.

All of the above

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Terminating an employee under the employment-at-will doctrine:

Protects employers who fire employees with cause.

Protects employers who fire employees without cause.

Does not protect whistle-blowers.

Both A and B above.

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If a principal ratifies an agent’s actions:

It probably means that the agent’s actions were not original authorized.

The agent is probably liable for the actions of the principal.

The agent had express authority.

None of the above

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Principals are liable for the acts of independent contractors if:

The act results in damage and it was not a dangerous activity.

The independent contractor was negligently hired, like to perform driving services with a bad driving record.

The act results in no damage and it was a dangerous activity.

All of the above

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An agent with a conflict of interest to the principal:

Must act in his own self interest.

Is probably committing fraud unless the agent fully discloses the conflict of interest to the principal.

May still represent the principal without disclosing the conflict of interest.

All of the above

Answer 1

An employment-at-will relationship:

Option 4 - Means that an employee can be fired or quit for any reason or even no reason

A personnel manual also known as an employee handbook:

Option 2 - Is an important management tool that helps define the employer and employee relationship.

Terminating an employee under the employment-at-will doctrine:

Option 1 - Protects employers who fire employees with cause.

If a principal ratifies an agent’s actions:

Option 2 - The agent is probably liable for the actions of the principal

Principals are liable for the acts of independent contractors if:

Option 4 - All of the above

An agent with a conflict of interest to the principal:

Option 2 - Is probably committing fraud unless the agent fully discloses the conflict of interest to the principal.