Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services.

In this case, public policy was violated because the employer tried to conceal physical abuse among the students. The teacher, in his turn, refused to violate a criminal statute by not reporting the situation to family services. It will not be difficult for the ex-employee to show the court that his former employer was motivated by bad faith. The court will most likely decide to apply various sanctions to the superiors of the educational organization. The ex-employee will be allowed to recover from his former position as a teacher.

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Academic.Tips. (2023, March 10). Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services. https://academic.tips/question/think-about-the-following-question-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-violation-of-public-policy-or-breach-of-a-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing-and-see-what-the-outcome-would-be-a-teacher-under-c/

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Academic.Tips. 2023. "Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services." March 10, 2023. https://academic.tips/question/think-about-the-following-question-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-violation-of-public-policy-or-breach-of-a-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing-and-see-what-the-outcome-would-be-a-teacher-under-c/.

1. Academic.Tips. "Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services." March 10, 2023. https://academic.tips/question/think-about-the-following-question-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-violation-of-public-policy-or-breach-of-a-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing-and-see-what-the-outcome-would-be-a-teacher-under-c/.


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Academic.Tips. "Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services." March 10, 2023. https://academic.tips/question/think-about-the-following-question-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-violation-of-public-policy-or-breach-of-a-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing-and-see-what-the-outcome-would-be-a-teacher-under-c/.

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"Think about the following question from the point of view of the violation of public policy or breach of a covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and see what the outcome would be. A teacher under contract is terminated after insisting that his superiors report a situation where a student was being physically abused. The teacher refused to commit an illegal act of not reporting the suspected abuse to family services." Academic.Tips, 10 Mar. 2023, academic.tips/question/think-about-the-following-question-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-violation-of-public-policy-or-breach-of-a-covenant-of-good-faith-and-fair-dealing-and-see-what-the-outcome-would-be-a-teacher-under-c/.

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