Liz refuses her employer's request to falsify the contents of a report to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). The employer subsequently discharges Liz for "not following orders." Identify the exception to the employment-at-will doctrine that Liz is likely to choose when she files a wrongful discharge suit.
A) equal employment
B) public policy
C) implied contract
D) reverse discrimination
E) affirmative action

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Liz is likely to choose the public policy exception to the employment-at-will doctrine because she was fired for refusing to engage in illegal activity (falsifying a report to the EEOC), which goes against public policy.

Liz Refuses Her Employer's Request to Falsify the Contents of a Report