1. does/ does not

2. require/ does not require

3. contract theory/ public policy/ tort theory

4. may/ may not

5. did/ did not

6. did/ did not

7. is/ is not

8. did not report activity to the necessary individuals or entities/ did not report illegal activity

9. can/ cannot

10. has/ has not

11. reported activity to the necessary individuals or entities/ both reported illegal activity and reported activity to the necessary individuals or entities/ reported illegal activity

12. does/ does not

13. the public policy exception to employment at will and the Whistleblower Protection Act/ the public policy exception to employment at will/ the Whistleblower Protection Act

14. reported it to the state and punish the managers who committed wrongdoing/ fire Abbie anyway/ told Abbie to stay quiet

Abbie Haneef works as a secretary at Building Co, a large construction company that specializes in government contracts. Abbie is in charge of reviewing the invoices that Building Co sends to the state of Vermont regarding the construction of a new facility for the state's department of transportation. Abbie discovers that Building Co managers have been illegally overcharging the costs of time and materials in their invoices to state officials. Abbie tells her co-worker Zuki Mori about the overcharges during a lunch break and suggests that they should be fixed. Two weeks later, Abbie is abruptly fired by her immediate supervisor. Assuming that her termination was because of her disclosures to Zuki, did Building Co legally terminate Abbie? Employment at will select answer give employers broad discretion to hire and fire their employees and select answer employers to give an employee sufficient notice before the employee is discharged. The most common exception to the employment at will doctrine is the exception based upon select answer The public policy exception select answer apply to an employee discharged for whistleblowing. Abbie select answer speak about illegal activities by her employer. Abbie select answer report her findings of illegal overbilling to government authorities, upper-level managers, or the media. Abbie select answer a whistleblower under the law because she select answer Building Co select answer legally fire Abbie in this case. What If the Facts Were Different? Assume now that Abbie reported her findings to the local television news. Abbie select answer met the legal requirement of a whistleblower because she select answer The fact that Abbie is an employee at will select answer impact the legality of the decision. Abbie can seek redress based on grounds of select answer . Building Co executives should have select answer when they learned of the overbilling from Abbie