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Firing Regulation and Public Administration

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Discharge; Public policy exceptions to the at-will doctrine; Termination

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Defendant:

The person defending or denying in an action or suit (Legal Dictionary 2016).

Employment-at-will doctrine:

Employers can fire employees at their discretion, while employees also can resign from their work positions at any time within the at-will doctrine (Muhl 2001).

Plaintiff:

The party who sues in a civil action (Legal Dictionary 2016).

Public policy exceptions to the at-will doctrine:

Under the public policy exception to the at-will doctrine, an employee can be wrongfully fired when the firing is against the well-established public policy. The purpose of the public policy exceptions is to protect both employees and public welfare (Muhl 2001).

Whistle-blowing:

The disclosure by a person, usually an employee in a government agency or private enterprise, to the public or to those in authority of mismanagement, corruption, illegality, or some other wrongdoing (Legal Dictionary 2016).

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  1. Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, USA

    JiHye Park

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  1. Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA

    Ali Farazmand

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Park, J. (2016). Firing Regulation and Public Administration. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_1103-1

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